<?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[Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58988]]></link><description><![CDATA[To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The convenience group is declining rapidly. In 1998 that group made up 16.8% of our sample. The 3% that was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32135]]></link><description><![CDATA[The convenience group is declining rapidly. In 1998 that group made up 16.8% of our sample. The 3% that was lost by 2003 was about evenly split among the other four groups.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A farewell is necessary before we can meet again, and meeting again, after moments or a lifetime is certain for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15311]]></link><description><![CDATA[A farewell is necessary before we can meet again, and meeting again, after moments or a lifetime is certain for those who are friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel so bad about that. That's not enough, but I couldn't convince the publisher to print a 500-page children's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31946]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel so bad about that. That's not enough, but I couldn't convince the publisher to print a 500-page children's book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65943]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God's Wisdom and God's Goodness!--Ah, but fools Mis-define thee, till God knows them no more.  Wisdom and goodness they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17674]]></link><description><![CDATA[God's Wisdom and God's Goodness!--Ah, but fools Mis-define thee, till God knows them no more.  Wisdom and goodness they are God!--what schools   Have yet so much as heard this simpler lore.    This no Saint preaches, and this no Church rules:     'Tis in the desert, now and heretofore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll try to recoup whatever it costs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38937]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll try to recoup whatever it costs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If our outlook is correct, very rich valuations for the best tech stocks will persist, ... Maybe for years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37714]]></link><description><![CDATA[If our outlook is correct, very rich valuations for the best tech stocks will persist, ... Maybe for years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14639]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66258]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Find a need and fill it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Find a need and fill it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words of affection, howsoe'er express'd, The latest spoken still are deem'd the best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words of affection, howsoe'er express'd, The latest spoken still are deem'd the best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concluding a series on the person of Jesus:  Jesus' good news, then, was that the Kingdom of God had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concluding a series on the person of Jesus:  Jesus' good news, then, was that the Kingdom of God had come, and that he, Jesus, was its herald and expounder to men. More than that, in some special and mysterious was, he was the kingdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each one to his own trade; then would the cows be well cared for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each one to his own trade; then would the cows be well cared for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so contagious as an example. We never do greator great evil without bringing about more of the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so contagious as an example. We never do greator great evil without bringing about more of the same on the part ofothers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today the journey is ended, I have worked out the mandates of fate;  Naked, along, undefended,   I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today the journey is ended, I have worked out the mandates of fate;  Naked, along, undefended,   I knock at the Uttermost Gate.    Behind is life and its longing,     Its trial, its trouble, its sorrow,      Beyond is the Infinite Morning       Of a day without a tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone puts his fault on the Times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone puts his fault on the Times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43199]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We weren't getting anyone in front of her and she pretty much stops everything she sees and doesn't allow rebounds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42631]]></link><description><![CDATA[We weren't getting anyone in front of her and she pretty much stops everything she sees and doesn't allow rebounds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cisco has been slow to adopt SIP. It has become clear to them, though, that SIP is becoming standard in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cisco has been slow to adopt SIP. It has become clear to them, though, that SIP is becoming standard in the industry. If Cisco wants to go after the small end of this market, in particular, it realizes it has to move forward with this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confidence awakens confidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confidence awakens confidence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guido the plumber and Michelangelo obtained their marble from the same quarry, but what each saw in the marble made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guido the plumber and Michelangelo obtained their marble from the same quarry, but what each saw in the marble made the difference between a nobleman's sink and a brilliant sculpture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madame, that you may know the state of the rest of my misfortune, there is nothing left to me but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Madame, that you may know the state of the rest of my misfortune, there is nothing left to me but honor, and my life, which is saved. [Lat., Madame, pour vous faire savoir comme se porte le reste de mon infortune, de toutes choses m'est demeure que l'honneur et la vie qui est sauve.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women are considered deep - why? Because one can never discover any bottom to them. Women are not even shallow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women are considered deep - why? Because one can never discover any bottom to them. Women are not even shallow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5028]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering trade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20660]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14670]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833   A just pride, a proper and becoming pride, are terms which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833   A just pride, a proper and becoming pride, are terms which we daily hear from Christian lips. To possess a high spirit, to behave with proper spirit when used ill -- by which is meant, a quick feeling of injuries, and a promptness in resenting them -- entitles to commendation; and a meek-spirited disposition, the highest Scripture eulogium, expresses ideas of disapprobation and contempt. Vanity and vainglory are suffered without interruption to retain their natural possession of the heart.   ... William Wilberforce, A Practical View  July 31, 2000 Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  Jesus used the term abba (which means father or "daddy" in his Aramaic mother tongue), as an address in his prayers to God. There are no other examples of this usage in contemporary Judaism, but Jesus always addressed God in this way. The others perhaps regarded it as child's talk, a form of expression too disrespectful to be so used. But for Jesus, abba expressed the filial intimacy he felt toward his Father. As the divine Son of the Father, Jesus enjoyed a unique relationship with him, and his mission in the world consisted in opening up the blessings of sonship to those who believe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have a quiet mind is to possess one's mind wholly; to have a calm spirit is to possess one's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52808]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have a quiet mind is to possess one's mind wholly; to have a calm spirit is to possess one's self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope that no American . . . will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61008]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope that no American . . . will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and beamed at the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and beamed at the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19470]]></link><description><![CDATA[The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is the essence of innumerable Biographies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19319]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've got just bits and pieces on Madison. But we've never worried about that before, you know, about being matched ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40786]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've got just bits and pieces on Madison. But we've never worried about that before, you know, about being matched up with anybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is a fine field for talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here is a fine field for talent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted them to come away with the feeling that they could make a positive difference in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32676]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted them to come away with the feeling that they could make a positive difference in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not mightbut lightlit Maccabees'lampthrough the night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not mightbut lightlit Maccabees'lampthrough the night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our seasons have no fixed returns, Without our will they come and go;  At noon our sudden summer burns, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our seasons have no fixed returns, Without our will they come and go;  At noon our sudden summer burns,   Ere sunset all is snow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8710]]></link><description><![CDATA[To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is nobler to convert souls, than to conquer kingdoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52137]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is nobler to convert souls, than to conquer kingdoms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just so much like Iraq, it's not funny, ... except for all the water, and they speak English. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35086]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just so much like Iraq, it's not funny, ... except for all the water, and they speak English.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Win or lose, do it fairly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Win or lose, do it fairly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9230</guid></item></channel></rss>