<?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[Hold their nose to the grindstone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold their nose to the grindstone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to our insufficient fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to our insufficient fortune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alan was selected after a comprehensive search and review process. Our paths have crossed frequently over the past 15 years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alan was selected after a comprehensive search and review process. Our paths have crossed frequently over the past 15 years and I believe Alan's wealth of experience should be of great value to our Academy in advancing the many exciting initiatives we have for the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest. Livy Never make a defense or apology ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44181]]></link><description><![CDATA[In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest. Livy Never make a defense or apology before you be accused.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10058]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neglected by Congress below, distressed with the small-pox; want of Generals and discipline in our Army, which may rather be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neglected by Congress below, distressed with the small-pox; want of Generals and discipline in our Army, which may rather be called a great rabble, our credit and reputation lost, and great part of the country; and a powerful foreign enemy advancing upon us, are so many difficulties we cannot surmount them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk is cheap. Words are plentiful. Deeds are precious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk is cheap. Words are plentiful. Deeds are precious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arm of Erin, prove strong, but be gentle as brave, And, uplifted to strike, still be ready to save;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arm of Erin, prove strong, but be gentle as brave, And, uplifted to strike, still be ready to save;  Not one feeling of vengeance presume to defile   The cause or the men of the Emerald Isle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  Sin is not only manifested in certain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  Sin is not only manifested in certain acts that are forbidden by divine command. Sin also appears in attitudes and dispositions and feelings. Lust and hate are sins as well as adultery and murder. And, in the traditional Christian view, despair and chronic boredom -- unaccompanied by any vicious act -- are serious sins. They are expressions of man's separation from God, as the ultimate good, meaning, and end of human existence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't wear small shoes, or tight pants that squash your balls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8891]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't wear small shoes, or tight pants that squash your balls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62424]]></link><description><![CDATA[I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote down, I spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Action is the real measure of intelligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Action is the real measure of intelligence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have to do all the more crappy jobs before, you appreciate all the good work that comes out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65308]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have to do all the more crappy jobs before, you appreciate all the good work that comes out of that. There are many girls who immediately have a top model career, and there are lots of models who are doing things that aren't as exciting as doing big campaigns and beautiful magazines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, you think it's only a minute. But when you sit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46594]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, you think it's only a minute. But when you sit on a hot stove for a minute, you think it's two hours. That's relativity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Some callers] aren't paying their electric (bill) in order to get their medicine, ... aren't getting their medicine in order ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33610]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Some callers] aren't paying their electric (bill) in order to get their medicine, ... aren't getting their medicine in order to pay their electric.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25785]]></link><description><![CDATA[What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A truth spoken before its time is dangerous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11060]]></link><description><![CDATA[A truth spoken before its time is dangerous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Set up as an ideal the facing of reality as honestly and as cheerfully as possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Set up as an ideal the facing of reality as honestly and as cheerfully as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful, and yet again wonderful, and after that, out of all hooping! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61986]]></link><description><![CDATA[O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful, and yet again wonderful, and after that, out of all hooping!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4838]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Americans say they brought democracy -- yes, we have democracy, but on paper, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36677]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Americans say they brought democracy -- yes, we have democracy, but on paper,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13226]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The question "Who ought to be boss?" is like as "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/109]]></link><description><![CDATA[The question "Who ought to be boss?" is like as "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next to coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Next to coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25744</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[They do all the hard work. They distribute the ball perfectly, which they did (against Gaither), getting the ball to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37685]]></link><description><![CDATA[They do all the hard work. They distribute the ball perfectly, which they did (against Gaither), getting the ball to the outside to set up Mike's goals. And they pick up on defense too. ... They are the ultimate team players and they make our team click.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cardinal rule is you stay on line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39559]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cardinal rule is you stay on line.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're very proud of where we come from. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31275]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're very proud of where we come from.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And yonder sits a maiden, The fairest of the fair,  With gold in her garment glittering,   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18589]]></link><description><![CDATA[And yonder sits a maiden, The fairest of the fair,  With gold in her garment glittering,   And she combs her golden hair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life, or of the work, and if it take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46123]]></link><description><![CDATA[The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life, or of the work, and if it take the second must refuse a heavenly mansion, raging in the dark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having an adventure you wish you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54638]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who flees from trial confesses his guilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18496]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who flees from trial confesses his guilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A strong sense of injury often gives point to the expression of our feelings. [Lat., Plerumque dolor etiam venustos facit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20915]]></link><description><![CDATA[A strong sense of injury often gives point to the expression of our feelings. [Lat., Plerumque dolor etiam venustos facit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our message is, no matter what side of the issue your are on, get out there and vote. We want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our message is, no matter what side of the issue your are on, get out there and vote. We want a clear message. Absolutely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When asked what wines he liked to drink he replied, "That which belongs to another."   - Laertius Diogenes, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61681]]></link><description><![CDATA[When asked what wines he liked to drink he replied, "That which belongs to another."   - Laertius Diogenes,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that fears you present will hate you absent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18811]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that fears you present will hate you absent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure is often the introduction to pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was always on the cards and they can justify it on the grounds that the new president will want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28949]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was always on the cards and they can justify it on the grounds that the new president will want his own people on the ground. But it sends all the wrong signals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quite frankly, [the bid process] is as intense as any pursuit of a telecom contract I've ever been through representing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quite frankly, [the bid process] is as intense as any pursuit of a telecom contract I've ever been through representing BellSouth,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lofty Gate of the Royal Tent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59900]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lofty Gate of the Royal Tent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258 Commemoration of Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle to the Picts, c. 430 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258 Commemoration of Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle to the Picts, c. 430 Commemoration of Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, tractarian, 1882   Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you yourself shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What barn-burners, ... We had two very good games, and it just boiled down to who wanted it more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29378]]></link><description><![CDATA[What barn-burners, ... We had two very good games, and it just boiled down to who wanted it more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a long time in the hot seat and I was hopeful that I might hold on, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40266]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a long time in the hot seat and I was hopeful that I might hold on,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None is a foole alwaies, everyone sometimes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49658]]></link><description><![CDATA[None is a foole alwaies, everyone sometimes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eighty percent of success is showing up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eighty percent of success is showing up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank God, I have done my duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank God, I have done my duty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57391]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of sly tricks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50810]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of sly tricks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12954]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12954</guid></item></channel></rss>