<?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[Such is the essential mystery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such is the essential mystery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we were to ask the brain how it would like to be treated, whether shaken at a random, irregular ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52432]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we were to ask the brain how it would like to be treated, whether shaken at a random, irregular rate, or in a rhythmic, harmonious fashion, we can be sure that the brain, or for that matter the whole body, would prefer the latter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today a thousand doors of enterprise are open to you, inviting you to useful work. To live at this time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today a thousand doors of enterprise are open to you, inviting you to useful work. To live at this time is an inestimable privilege, and a sacred obligation devolves upon you to make right use of your opportunities. Today is the day in which to attempt and achieve something worthwhile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But then I sigh, and, with a piece of Scripture, Tell them that Gods bids us do good for evil: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60651]]></link><description><![CDATA[But then I sigh, and, with a piece of Scripture, Tell them that Gods bids us do good for evil:  And thus I clothe my naked villainy   With odd old ends stol'n forth of holy writ,    And seems a saint, when most I play the devil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever God erects a house of prayer The devil always builds a chapel there;  And 'twill be found, upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever God erects a house of prayer The devil always builds a chapel there;  And 'twill be found, upon examination,   The latter has the largest congregation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road,  And nailed if fast to his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26011]]></link><description><![CDATA[A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road,  And nailed if fast to his barn door,   That luck might down upon him pour;    That every blessing known in life     Might crown his homestead and his wife,      And never any kind of harm       Descend upon his growing farm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace at home, peace in the world ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace at home, peace in the world]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swami Vivekanand, during his last days, had expressed the need for a man-making machinery in India. The RSS formed by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Swami Vivekanand, during his last days, had expressed the need for a man-making machinery in India. The RSS formed by Dr Hegdewar in 1925, did the same work Vivekanand aspired for - making men,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10584]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mellifluous Shakespeare, whose enchanting Quill Commandeth Mirth or Passion, was but Will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mellifluous Shakespeare, whose enchanting Quill Commandeth Mirth or Passion, was but Will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buy a tin of food with no wrapper and be surprised at tea time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Buy a tin of food with no wrapper and be surprised at tea time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy -- a Jill a rich widow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61561]]></link><description><![CDATA[All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy -- a Jill a rich widow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's impressed. He continues to take steps forward in his development, and we're excited about the progress he's made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31654]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's impressed. He continues to take steps forward in his development, and we're excited about the progress he's made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to know the past to understand the present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45658]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to know the past to understand the present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The blood more stirs To rouse a lion than to start a hare! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55846]]></link><description><![CDATA[The blood more stirs To rouse a lion than to start a hare! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47969]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome the task that makes you go beyond yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Welcome the task that makes you go beyond yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chiefs contend only for their place of burial. [Lat., Ducibus tantum de funere pugna est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9968]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chiefs contend only for their place of burial. [Lat., Ducibus tantum de funere pugna est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For 'tis impossible Hate to return with love.  [It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25612]]></link><description><![CDATA[For 'tis impossible Hate to return with love.  [It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49951]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sea hath fish for every man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16058]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sea hath fish for every man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64983]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The National Guard or any service is there for that reason. It's a job and it's what the military requires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The National Guard or any service is there for that reason. It's a job and it's what the military requires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gambling undermines the moral fiber of society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gambling undermines the moral fiber of society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28479]]></link><description><![CDATA[God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26893]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the doing of it, not one ones' relation to the act or its character or value... One should simply practice concentration of the mind on the act itself, understanding it to be an expedient means for attaining tranquility of mind, realization, insight, and wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take time to appreciate employees and they will reciprocate in a thousand ways. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take time to appreciate employees and they will reciprocate in a thousand ways.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19700]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself thanin any other way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21521]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself thanin any other way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45239]]></link><description><![CDATA[The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How could I have been anyone other than me? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2294]]></link><description><![CDATA[How could I have been anyone other than me?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2294</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[He has the body-fat content of a 20-year-old sprinter, the bone structure of a public monument and the eyes... well, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33115]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has the body-fat content of a 20-year-old sprinter, the bone structure of a public monument and the eyes... well, we know about the blue eyes (which happen to be colorblind).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379  As long as I live, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379  As long as I live, I will never appeal for money for the mission of God in this world. This is a degradation of God and of ourselves, which has pauperized us in every way over the centuries. God has no need, and if the mission is God's, then we do not ask for help to give God a boost; therefore we do not appeal for funds. We allow people to take a share in God's work, and this is a very different thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves...self-discipline with all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60568]]></link><description><![CDATA[In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves...self-discipline with all of them came first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61473]]></link><description><![CDATA[After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were to prescribe one process in the training of men which is fundamental to success in any direction, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44794]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were to prescribe one process in the training of men which is fundamental to success in any direction, it would be thoroughgoing training in the habit of accurate observation. It is a habit which every one of us should be seeking ever more to perfect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still he fishes that catches one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still he fishes that catches one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honour sinks where commerce long prevails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pain is never permanent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pain is never permanent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49530]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael is starting to get real consistent. His course management is really good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Michael is starting to get real consistent. His course management is really good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10614]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65247</guid></item></channel></rss>