<?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[If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6789]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always thought there was gonna be one more solution, one more last minute investor, just one more little nibble. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29329]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always thought there was gonna be one more solution, one more last minute investor, just one more little nibble. It wasn't meant to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always been worried about people who are willing to work for nothing. Sometimes that's all you get from them, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61065]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always been worried about people who are willing to work for nothing. Sometimes that's all you get from them, nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yesterday is a cancelled check; Tomorrow is a promissory note; Today is the only cash you have, so spend it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday is a cancelled check; Tomorrow is a promissory note; Today is the only cash you have, so spend it wisely. -Kim Lyons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away, and that in some not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away, and that in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wound is for you, but the pain is for me. [Fr., La blessure est pour vous, la douleur est ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62363]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wound is for you, but the pain is for me. [Fr., La blessure est pour vous, la douleur est pour moi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brain-washing starts in the cradle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brain-washing starts in the cradle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has a campus atmosphere, where employees are able to bounce ideas off each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32787]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has a campus atmosphere, where employees are able to bounce ideas off each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54120]]></link><description><![CDATA[To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God overridesat times thescreenplay ofHer starscript. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5555]]></link><description><![CDATA[God overridesat times thescreenplay ofHer starscript.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The old Irish when immersing a babe at baptism left out the right arm so that it would remain pagan ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3602]]></link><description><![CDATA[The old Irish when immersing a babe at baptism left out the right arm so that it would remain pagan for good fighting]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31615]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a tender feeling toward them, so I think it's for the best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What quarrel, what harshness, what unbelief in each other can subsist in the presence of a great calamity, when all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12387]]></link><description><![CDATA[What quarrel, what harshness, what unbelief in each other can subsist in the presence of a great calamity, when all the artificial vesture of our life is gone, and we are all one with each other in primitive mortal needs?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Fame!--if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases,  Than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15097]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Fame!--if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases,  Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover   She thought that I was not unworthy to love her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How frighteningly few are the persons whose death would spoil our appetite and make the world seem empty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11224]]></link><description><![CDATA[How frighteningly few are the persons whose death would spoil our appetite and make the world seem empty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not looking to exclude people, I'm looking to include them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64786]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not looking to exclude people, I'm looking to include them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Them that has, gets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Them that has, gets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are those who have burned schools and killed doctors, nurses and many other innocent Afghans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40049]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are those who have burned schools and killed doctors, nurses and many other innocent Afghans.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60410]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity- but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The Log Cabin Republicans'] rhetoric is disingenuous, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31197]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The Log Cabin Republicans'] rhetoric is disingenuous,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48635]]></link><description><![CDATA[How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:  So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,   and thy want as an armed man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who doubting tyranny, and fainting under Fortune's false lottery, desperately run  To death, for dread of death; that soul's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who doubting tyranny, and fainting under Fortune's false lottery, desperately run  To death, for dread of death; that soul's most stout,   That, bearing all mischance, dares last it out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43620]]></link><description><![CDATA[The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13968]]></link><description><![CDATA[In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change thenature of the one who prays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21366]]></link><description><![CDATA[The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change thenature of the one who prays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Past lives o'er again, In its effects, and to the guilty spirit  The ever-frowning Present is its image. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Past lives o'er again, In its effects, and to the guilty spirit  The ever-frowning Present is its image.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, he's a hero, ... He's not polite. He's not someone you want to take home to meet your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/555]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, he's a hero, ... He's not polite. He's not someone you want to take home to meet your mother, necessarily. This is a guy in search of truth. Incidentally, that truth one day could save your life or the life of someone you love. That's a heroic thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Forest Service is not obligated to abide by state rules, but we try to work with them. There's also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30529]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Forest Service is not obligated to abide by state rules, but we try to work with them. There's also nothing in the state law that controls what a private landowner can do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the third quarter 2005, we produced our best third-quarter result ever, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39089]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the third quarter 2005, we produced our best third-quarter result ever,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good results while the strongest, by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46275]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good results while the strongest, by dispersing his effort over many chores, may fail to accomplish anything. Drops of water, by continually falling, hone their passage through the hardest of rocks but the hasty torrent rushes over it with hideous uproar and leaves no trace behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56370]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends. -John Churton Collins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16931]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends. -John Churton Collins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That remains an open question. Some people might argue that it cannibalizes new book sales. Some argue that it spurs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37564]]></link><description><![CDATA[That remains an open question. Some people might argue that it cannibalizes new book sales. Some argue that it spurs new book sales by making more books available and by bringing them to new locations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can change your faith without changing gods, and vice versa. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53543]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can change your faith without changing gods, and vice versa.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She told me once, 'Being in the circle is a lot harder than shooting free throws'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39762]]></link><description><![CDATA[She told me once, 'Being in the circle is a lot harder than shooting free throws'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13324]]></link><description><![CDATA[The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44515]]></link><description><![CDATA[In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47859]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything you're good at contributes to happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/105</guid></item></channel></rss>