<?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[O, my lord, You said that idle weeds are fast in growth:  The prince my brother hath outgrown me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18402]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, my lord, You said that idle weeds are fast in growth:  The prince my brother hath outgrown me far.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14427]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64843]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is not started today is never finished tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17603]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58823]]></link><description><![CDATA[If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're looking for good residential development to occur in our city and this is another excellent opportunity for it to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33221]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're looking for good residential development to occur in our city and this is another excellent opportunity for it to happen,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53478]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11269]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes the answer to prayer is not that it changes life, but that itchanges you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes the answer to prayer is not that it changes life, but that itchanges you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a good opportunity to see how I can compete against NBA players. If I'm able to do so, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29626]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a good opportunity to see how I can compete against NBA players. If I'm able to do so, that will assist my decision, but otherwise, I will be coming back to a great situation. We have a great team and I would love to be a part of it. I had a lot of fun this year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15988]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want to go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5265]]></link><description><![CDATA[My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want to go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is generally recognized that creativity requires leisure, an absence of rush, time for the mind and imagination to float ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52110]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is generally recognized that creativity requires leisure, an absence of rush, time for the mind and imagination to float and wander and roam, time for the individual to descend into the depths of his or her psyche, to be available to barely audible signals rustling for attention. Long periods of time may pass in which nothing seems to be happening. But we know that kind of space must be created if the mind is to leap out of its accustomed ruts, to part from the mechanical, the known, the familiar, the standard, and generate a leap into the new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us have wine and woman, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda-water the day after. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us have wine and woman, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda-water the day after.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had to repay almost $3,000 to groups and people who had given us money thinking it was deductible, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38117]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had to repay almost $3,000 to groups and people who had given us money thinking it was deductible, and I figure we've lost maybe another $4,000 in donations we would have gotten since this came up. So we're hurting. We need some help to pay the bills and keep our programs going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more and more strongly the truths that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53552]]></link><description><![CDATA[All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more and more strongly the truths that come on high and are contained in the sacred writings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where are the rough brave Britons to be found With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where are the rough brave Britons to be found With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do you keep something alive and make it commercially viable? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37111]]></link><description><![CDATA[How do you keep something alive and make it commercially viable?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55815]]></link><description><![CDATA[This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,— This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England. -King Richard II. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are expecting them to go and visit their parole officers so that we can be informed of their presence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40489]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are expecting them to go and visit their parole officers so that we can be informed of their presence in a community. It's outrageous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The novelties of one generation are only the resuscitated fashions of the generation before last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15351]]></link><description><![CDATA[The novelties of one generation are only the resuscitated fashions of the generation before last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16563]]></link><description><![CDATA[To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It hurt really bad. It was like a lot of pressure, burning. I kept on saying, 'Stop touching it.' It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39304]]></link><description><![CDATA[It hurt really bad. It was like a lot of pressure, burning. I kept on saying, 'Stop touching it.' It felt like people were squeezing on it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The product that will not sell without advertising will not sell profitably with advertising. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/756]]></link><description><![CDATA[The product that will not sell without advertising will not sell profitably with advertising.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's an awful lot of excitement. These professionals are very critical to us -- they shape customers' perception of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37197]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's an awful lot of excitement. These professionals are very critical to us -- they shape customers' perception of the airline.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The name of the Slough was Despond. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12005]]></link><description><![CDATA[The name of the Slough was Despond.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22489]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1355]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are an impossibility in an impossible universe ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20667]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are an impossibility in an impossible universe]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637   Suffer all, and conquer all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637   Suffer all, and conquer all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly 60 percent of those teachers eligible for retirement do not do so because of uncertainty about pensions and health ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nearly 60 percent of those teachers eligible for retirement do not do so because of uncertainty about pensions and health care.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big trick in putting is not method the secret of putting is domination of the nerves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44387]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big trick in putting is not method the secret of putting is domination of the nerves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wooden walls are the best walls of this kingdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44016]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wooden walls are the best walls of this kingdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A word to the wise is infuriating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63570]]></link><description><![CDATA[A word to the wise is infuriating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23330]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there are no rights, there are no duties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there are no rights, there are no duties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hated every minute of training, but I said, \'Don\'t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66754]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hated every minute of training, but I said, \'Don\'t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.\']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes- courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, and so on- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52275]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes- courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, and so on- can be transmuted into ruthlessness. Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion, even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He carries well, to whom it waighes not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49312]]></link><description><![CDATA[He carries well, to whom it waighes not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold! Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26236]]></link><description><![CDATA[What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold! Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968   Our knowledge of God is paradoxically not of him as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968   Our knowledge of God is paradoxically not of him as the object of our scrutiny, but of ourselves as utterly dependent on his saving and merciful knowledge of us. It is in proportion, as we are known to him that we find our real being and identity in Christ. We know him in and through ourselves in so far as his truth is the source of our being and his merciful love is the very heart of our life and existence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[15 minutes a day! Give me just this and I'll prove I can make you a new man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31406]]></link><description><![CDATA[15 minutes a day! Give me just this and I'll prove I can make you a new man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633  If I be bound to pray for all that be in distress, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633  If I be bound to pray for all that be in distress, surely I am bound, so far as it is in my power, to practice what I pray for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I watched the sky a long time, concluding that such beauty was reserved for distant, dangerous places, and that nature ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14778]]></link><description><![CDATA[I watched the sky a long time, concluding that such beauty was reserved for distant, dangerous places, and that nature has good reason for exacting her own special sacrifices from those determined to witness them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14778</guid></item></channel></rss>