<?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[Many a man fails to become a thinker only because his memory is too good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man fails to become a thinker only because his memory is too good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been working so hard because we know it's his last year and the road he's going to through, there's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28358]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been working so hard because we know it's his last year and the road he's going to through, there's a couple of guys, and we've been trying to watch some tape work on things and he came through. He wrestled his butt off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of English Saints & Martyrs of the Reformation  We must not encourage in ourselves or others any tendency ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of English Saints & Martyrs of the Reformation  We must not encourage in ourselves or others any tendency to work up a subjective state which, if we succeeded, we should describe as "faith", with the idea that this will somehow ensure the granting of our prayer. We have probably all done this as children. But the state of mind which desperate desire working on a strong imagination can manufacture is not faith in the Christian sense. It is a feat of psychological gymnastics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We spend an awful lot of money training people and developing them in these underperforming schools, but at the end ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29425]]></link><description><![CDATA[We spend an awful lot of money training people and developing them in these underperforming schools, but at the end of the year, these teachers are taking the training and experience and moving on to better districts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What visionary tints the year puts on, When falling leaves falter through motionless air  Or numbly cling and shiver ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3563]]></link><description><![CDATA[What visionary tints the year puts on, When falling leaves falter through motionless air  Or numbly cling and shiver to be gone!   How shimmer the low flats and pastures bare,    As with her nectar Hebe Autumn fills     The bowl between me and those distant hills,      And smiles and shakes abroad her misty, tremulous hair!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee hath no leisure who useth it not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every pang that rends the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every pang that rends the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's really gone remarkably well when you consider some of the tensions we were dealing with two years ago, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42402]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's really gone remarkably well when you consider some of the tensions we were dealing with two years ago,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else  Like kindred drops been mingled into one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else  Like kindred drops been mingled into one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are actually hoping that the special session will work to educators' benefit in that something positive needs to happen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34564]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are actually hoping that the special session will work to educators' benefit in that something positive needs to happen in order for (Perry's) re-election to occur.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fringed curtains of thine eye advance. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56092]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fringed curtains of thine eye advance. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course all advance depends upon money, when we depend upon paid workers for any advance. Teach men as one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course all advance depends upon money, when we depend upon paid workers for any advance. Teach men as one of their first lessons in the gospel that pastoral work and evangelistic work ought to be paid, and will they not believe it? They would all believe it if the Holy Ghost did not dispute our teaching. It is a powerful proof of the presence and grace of the Holy Ghost that they do not all believe it and act accordingly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A society that does not recognize that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47399]]></link><description><![CDATA[A society that does not recognize that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And thus I clothe my naked villany With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,  And seem a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51508]]></link><description><![CDATA[And thus I clothe my naked villany With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,  And seem a saint when most I play the devil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The anger of those in authority is always weighty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51188]]></link><description><![CDATA[The anger of those in authority is always weighty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret isan appalling waste of energy; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret isan appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good forwallowing in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is down can fall no lower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14916]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is down can fall no lower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My days are never long enough. Yet, they seem to last forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65847]]></link><description><![CDATA[My days are never long enough. Yet, they seem to last forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633 The shepherds sing; and shall I silent be?  My God, no hymn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633 The shepherds sing; and shall I silent be?  My God, no hymn for Thee? My soul's a shepherd too: a flock it feeds  Of thoughts, and words, and deeds. The pasture is Thy Word, the streams, Thy Grace  Enriching all the place. Shepherd and flock shall sing, and all my powers  Out-sing the daylight hours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either 'explained,' or allowed to take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10617]]></link><description><![CDATA[The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either 'explained,' or allowed to take refuge behind the mistakes of the translators, or hide in the drapery of allegory]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as prejudicial to society.   - James Anthony Froude, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as prejudicial to society.   - James Anthony Froude,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever the struggle, continue the climb. It may be only one step to the summit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever the struggle, continue the climb. It may be only one step to the summit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My job is to stop the run. Our goal, believe it or not, was to hold (Mon Williams) to zero ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39039]]></link><description><![CDATA[My job is to stop the run. Our goal, believe it or not, was to hold (Mon Williams) to zero or negative yards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great masses of the people ... will more easily fall victims to a great lie than to a small ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10628]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great masses of the people ... will more easily fall victims to a great lie than to a small one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comparisons do ofttime great grievance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comparisons do ofttime great grievance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a destiny that makes us brothers: None goes his way alone: All that we send into the lives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4943]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a destiny that makes us brothers: None goes his way alone: All that we send into the lives of others Comes back onto our own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be;  Or standing long an oak, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18386]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be;  Or standing long an oak, three hundred year,   To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere:    A lily of a day     Is fairer far in May,      Although it falls and die that night--       It was the plant and flower of Light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity andfascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22335]]></link><description><![CDATA[A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity andfascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no need to show your ability before everyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no need to show your ability before everyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not your salary that makes you rich, it's your spending habits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5090]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not your salary that makes you rich, it's your spending habits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The program is having an impact on our young community. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31171]]></link><description><![CDATA[The program is having an impact on our young community.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The things that I've done that have totally been remembered, they've always started with the same kind of engine, they've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37819]]></link><description><![CDATA[The things that I've done that have totally been remembered, they've always started with the same kind of engine, they've always started with someone saying 'I have to make this film - I'm going to make this film whatever the odds'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pedantry is the showy display of knowledge which crams our heads with learned lumber and then takes out our brains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pedantry is the showy display of knowledge which crams our heads with learned lumber and then takes out our brains to make room for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a dear little plant that grows in our isle, 'Twas St. Patrick himself sure that set it;  And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23040]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a dear little plant that grows in our isle, 'Twas St. Patrick himself sure that set it;  And the sun on his labor with pleasure did smile,   And with dew from his eye often wet it.    It thrives through the bog, through the brake, and the mireland;     And he called it the dear little shamrock of Ireland--      The sweet little shamrock, the dear little shamrock,       The sweet little, green little, shamrock of Ireland!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If God bores you, tell Him that He bores you, that you prefer the vilest amusements to His presence, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6556]]></link><description><![CDATA[If God bores you, tell Him that He bores you, that you prefer the vilest amusements to His presence, that you only feel at your ease when you are far from Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The green retreats Of Academus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24519]]></link><description><![CDATA[The green retreats Of Academus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what nerves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what nerves let you do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible to describe any human action if one does not refer to the meaning the actor sees in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52001]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible to describe any human action if one does not refer to the meaning the actor sees in the stimulus as well as in the end his response is aiming at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36447]]></link><description><![CDATA[For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What, exactly, is the internet? Basically it is a global network exchanging digitized data in such a way that any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22961]]></link><description><![CDATA[What, exactly, is the internet? Basically it is a global network exchanging digitized data in such a way that any computer, anywhere, that is equipped with a device called a 'modem', can make a noise like a duck choking on a kazoo]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It could add a few million bucks to the bottom line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34322]]></link><description><![CDATA[It could add a few million bucks to the bottom line.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People in their 20s have a lot of time to grow their investments and don't need to be too conservative, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39468]]></link><description><![CDATA[People in their 20s have a lot of time to grow their investments and don't need to be too conservative,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18267]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few cases of eyestrain have been developed by looking on the bright side of things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few cases of eyestrain have been developed by looking on the bright side of things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61344]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. They are insatiable. They are always parched and always bitter. They are everyone's concern and like vampires they suck our life's blood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61344</guid></item></channel></rss>