<?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[Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have to be unselfish. That's one concept I want them to get, but it can be a hard concept ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29497]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have to be unselfish. That's one concept I want them to get, but it can be a hard concept for young players to grasp.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15666]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51805]]></link><description><![CDATA[His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44941]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That place that does contain My books, the best companions, is to me  A glorious court, where hourly I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4534]]></link><description><![CDATA[That place that does contain My books, the best companions, is to me  A glorious court, where hourly I converse   With the old sages and philosophers;    And sometimes, for variety, I confer     With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels;      Calling their victories, if unjustly got,       Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy,        Deface their ill-placed statues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9264]]></link><description><![CDATA[To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29112]]></link><description><![CDATA[We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885  I fear that many people seek ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885  I fear that many people seek to hear God solely as a device for securing their own safety, comfort and righteousness. For those who busy themselves to know the will of God, however, it is still true that "those who want to save their life will lose it." My extreme preoccupation with knowing God's will for me may only indicate, contrary to what is often thought, that I am overconcerned with myself, not a Christlike interest in the well-being of others or in the glory of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are going to set up a committee of three members from the Land and Development Committee and three from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39702]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are going to set up a committee of three members from the Land and Development Committee and three from the speedway to sit down to try to work out some of the issues. That's where we're at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There comes For ever something between us and what  We deem our happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18639]]></link><description><![CDATA[There comes For ever something between us and what  We deem our happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! the small discredit of a bribe Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the scribe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! the small discredit of a bribe Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the scribe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Authority forgets a dying king, Laid widow'd of the power in his eye  That bow'd the will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Authority forgets a dying king, Laid widow'd of the power in his eye  That bow'd the will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66438]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The clouds dispell'd, the sky resum'd her light, And Nature stood recover'd of her fright.  But fear, the last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15507]]></link><description><![CDATA[The clouds dispell'd, the sky resum'd her light, And Nature stood recover'd of her fright.  But fear, the last of ills, remain'd behind,   And horrow heavy sat on every mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64213]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has to be tough because it changes the routine, the lifestyle the players are accustomed to. Families are scattered, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30373]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has to be tough because it changes the routine, the lifestyle the players are accustomed to. Families are scattered, kids are in different schools. It's a big adjustment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking -- and since it cannot, in order ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4681]]></link><description><![CDATA[To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking -- and since it cannot, in order to become its echo I have, in a way, to silence it. I bring to this incessant speech the decisiveness, the authority of my own silence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59825]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26290]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52501]]></link><description><![CDATA[All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust, and that they are to account for their conduct in that trust to the one great Master, Author, and Founder of society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People in the computer industry use the term 'user,' which to them means 'idiot.'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9528]]></link><description><![CDATA[People in the computer industry use the term 'user,' which to them means 'idiot.'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18640]]></link><description><![CDATA[But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the service of the Lord, it is not where but how you serve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14513]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the service of the Lord, it is not where but how you serve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49802]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The measure of your holiness is proportionate to the goodness of your will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17868]]></link><description><![CDATA[The measure of your holiness is proportionate to the goodness of your will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am following Nature without being able to grasp her . . . . I perhaps owe having become a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16278]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am following Nature without being able to grasp her . . . . I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was no discernible impact on guest service at our resorts. We were happy to offer our employees a means ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35910]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was no discernible impact on guest service at our resorts. We were happy to offer our employees a means by which they could express support for immigration reform.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65608]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have done this for two years now and it has always been very successful and professionally done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31941]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have done this for two years now and it has always been very successful and professionally done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And how should a beautiful, ignorant stream of water know it heads for an early release - out across the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43877]]></link><description><![CDATA[And how should a beautiful, ignorant stream of water know it heads for an early release - out across the desert, running toward the Gulf, below sea level, to murmur its lullaby, and see the Imperial Valley rise out of burning sand with cotton blossoms, wheat, watermelons, roses, how should it know?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I live an idle burden to the ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20335]]></link><description><![CDATA[I live an idle burden to the ground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20048]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is,is a clue to the universe. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22115]]></link><description><![CDATA[In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is,is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half- empty. And cracked. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46430]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half- empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The audience applauded, even though it was not clear what Bush meant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17388]]></link><description><![CDATA[The audience applauded, even though it was not clear what Bush meant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our owne actions are our security, not others judgements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our owne actions are our security, not others judgements.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With an apple I will astonish Paris. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3335]]></link><description><![CDATA[With an apple I will astonish Paris.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[President means chief servant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48155]]></link><description><![CDATA[President means chief servant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But an untimely grave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18217]]></link><description><![CDATA[But an untimely grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11828]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11828</guid></item></channel></rss>