<?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[We had a problem staying together yesterday. I told them to stay together and play together to get through the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37635]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a problem staying together yesterday. I told them to stay together and play together to get through the ups and downs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's true that heroes are inspiring, but mustn't they also do some rescuing if they are to be worthy of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19276]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's true that heroes are inspiring, but mustn't they also do some rescuing if they are to be worthy of their name? Would Wonder Woman matter if she only sent commiserating telegrams to the distressed?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English - up to fifty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22949]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English - up to fifty words used in correct context - no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me, the highest level of sexual excitement is in a monogamous relationship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53386]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me, the highest level of sexual excitement is in a monogamous relationship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy thoughts to nobler meditations give, And study how to die, not how to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy thoughts to nobler meditations give, And study how to die, not how to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We once worried that democracy could not survive if an undereducated populace knew too little. Now we worry if it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47041]]></link><description><![CDATA[We once worried that democracy could not survive if an undereducated populace knew too little. Now we worry if it can survive us knowing too much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not a question of us losing anymore. Now, we're going into the game knowing that we can win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36100]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not a question of us losing anymore. Now, we're going into the game knowing that we can win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64760]]></link><description><![CDATA[What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28156]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to create a genuine "responsibility era" -- a genuine commitment to families and to the values they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23695]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to create a genuine "responsibility era" -- a genuine commitment to families and to the values they reflect -- is to begin with those to whom we owe the greatest responsibility -- those whom we most value -- our kids. Let's not just talk about it -- let's put kids first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your folks were Democrat or Republican you tend to vote that way. If your folks were green and red ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28697]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your folks were Democrat or Republican you tend to vote that way. If your folks were green and red you tend to follow that tradition. My theory is that has a tendency to follow through with what equipment you run.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And rank for her meant duty, various, Yet equal in its worth, done worthily.  Command was service; humblest service ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13050]]></link><description><![CDATA[And rank for her meant duty, various, Yet equal in its worth, done worthily.  Command was service; humblest service done   By willing and discerning souls was glory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many peoplecome to the fountain of life with a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22333]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many peoplecome to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank car...ateaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a resultthey get little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To him that will, waies are not wanting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50008]]></link><description><![CDATA[To him that will, waies are not wanting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42623]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had bad luck with our kids--they've all grown up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5965]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had bad luck with our kids--they've all grown up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The drying up a single tear has more of honest fame than shedding seas of gore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23778]]></link><description><![CDATA[The drying up a single tear has more of honest fame than shedding seas of gore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really took it because he was here. I didn't know what I was walking into. I wouldn't be able ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33373]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really took it because he was here. I didn't know what I was walking into. I wouldn't be able to do it without him. By him being a recruiter and assistant in Lufkin and doing it for so many years, he was able to get it together for me. All I had to do was walk on the floor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10569]]></link><description><![CDATA[First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10569</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/63901]]></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/63901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64436]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities . . . because it is the quality which guarantees all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities . . . because it is the quality which guarantees all others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nine tenths of education is encouragement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nine tenths of education is encouragement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled. [Lat., Bis gratum est, quod dato opus est, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23764]]></link><description><![CDATA[If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled. [Lat., Bis gratum est, quod dato opus est, ultro si offeras.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why love if losing hurts so much… I have no answers anymore…only the life I have lived… The pain now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why love if losing hurts so much… I have no answers anymore…only the life I have lived… The pain now is part of the happiness (then).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58430]]></link><description><![CDATA[The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wonderful thing about this campus is because we have such a diverse student body in terms of representation, any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34450]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wonderful thing about this campus is because we have such a diverse student body in terms of representation, any student coming to IU will meet students like themselves, ... (Students) also will meet people totally and completely different, literally from all over the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy... is to set our own conditions to the events ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10044]]></link><description><![CDATA[To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy... is to set our own conditions to the events of each day. To do this is to condition circumstances instead of being conditioned by them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5858]]></link><description><![CDATA[My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think you have to give all the credit to Lower. He (Holden) is a fantastic coach. His team came ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35463]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think you have to give all the credit to Lower. He (Holden) is a fantastic coach. His team came ready to play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1219]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization is the order and freedom promoting cultural activity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization is the order and freedom promoting cultural activity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger makes us strong, Blind and impatient, And it leads us wrong; The strength is quickly lost; We feel the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger makes us strong, Blind and impatient, And it leads us wrong; The strength is quickly lost; We feel the error long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like going to the Olympics for circus. ... This is such a special opportunity ... with international competition and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30195]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like going to the Olympics for circus. ... This is such a special opportunity ... with international competition and prizes for acts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is important that you do it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is important that you do it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's his name, the number 10, the small one who doesn't play in the Real Madrid first team. This midget ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31025]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's his name, the number 10, the small one who doesn't play in the Real Madrid first team. This midget who thinks he's a king, I refuse to talk about him any more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no sin except stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56422]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no sin except stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28124]]></link><description><![CDATA[In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who can take no great interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44796]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who can take no great interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45254</guid></item></channel></rss>