<?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[If it weren't for marriage, men and women would have to fight with total strangers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27243]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it weren't for marriage, men and women would have to fight with total strangers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nearer the church, the further from God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8664]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nearer the church, the further from God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That’s something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23744]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That’s something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. When they talk about values, they’re talking about things like going to church, voting for Bush, being loyal to Jesus, praying. These are not values.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told,  And in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17888]]></link><description><![CDATA[But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told,  And in the last repeating troublesome,   Being urged at a time unreasonable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted real kids. I didn't want Hollywood kids doing weird accents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29230]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted real kids. I didn't want Hollywood kids doing weird accents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66188]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63887]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass, the Fox, and the LionThe ass and the fox, having entered into partnership together fortheir mutual protection, went ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1606]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass, the Fox, and the LionThe ass and the fox, having entered into partnership together fortheir mutual protection, went out into the forest to hunt. Theyhadnot proceeded far when they met a Lion. The Fox, seeing imminentdanger, approached the Lion and promised to contrive for him thecapture of the Ass if the Lion would pledge his word not to harmtheFox. Then, upon assuring the Ass that he would not be injured,theFox led him to a deep pit and arranged that he should fall into it.The Lion, seeing that the Ass was secured, immediately clutchedtheFox, and attacked the Ass at his leisure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3810]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can still recall old Mister Barnslow getting out every morning and nailing a fresh load of tadpoles to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11775]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can still recall old Mister Barnslow getting out every morning and nailing a fresh load of tadpoles to the old board of his. Then he'd spin it round and round, like a wheel of fortune, and no matter where it stopped he'd yell out, "Tadpoles! Tadpoles is a winner!" We all thought he was crazy. But then we had some growing up to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it. -David ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it. -David Starr Jordan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping, the good in learning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping, the good in learning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I, Phoebus, sang those songs that gained so much renown I, Phoebus, sang them; Homer only wrote them down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17734]]></link><description><![CDATA[I, Phoebus, sang those songs that gained so much renown I, Phoebus, sang them; Homer only wrote them down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who wins may have been counted out several times but he didn'thear the referee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21933]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who wins may have been counted out several times but he didn'thear the referee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Form follows function. - "Lippincott's Magazine", March, 1896. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Form follows function. - "Lippincott's Magazine", March, 1896.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mike says he's taken more cruises with me than he has with his wife. Which is true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mike says he's taken more cruises with me than he has with his wife. Which is true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65433]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biggest things are often the easiest to do because there is so little competition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57489]]></link><description><![CDATA[The biggest things are often the easiest to do because there is so little competition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only by closing the ears of the soul, or by listening too intently to the clamors of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25181]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only by closing the ears of the soul, or by listening too intently to the clamors of the sense, that we become oblivious of their utterances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The building of a perfect body crowned by a perfect brain, is at once the greatest earthly problem and grandest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18943]]></link><description><![CDATA[The building of a perfect body crowned by a perfect brain, is at once the greatest earthly problem and grandest hope of the race.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historically, very few children have thought of entrepreneurship as a career choice. We are hoping this game will move the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Historically, very few children have thought of entrepreneurship as a career choice. We are hoping this game will move the thought of owning their own business to the same cognitive level as other more popular career choices, ... Our children are our future, and since more than 50 percent of new jobs come from small business, it is imperative that we encourage today's children to be the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hatred and cruelty which have their source in selfishness are ineffectual things compared with the venom and ruthlessness born ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hatred and cruelty which have their source in selfishness are ineffectual things compared with the venom and ruthlessness born of selflessness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was trying not to play her a lot. I thought we were in pretty good shape at 12-4. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35489]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was trying not to play her a lot. I thought we were in pretty good shape at 12-4. I didn't realize that was the highlight of the first half.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot pray in the name of Jesus to have my own will; the name of Jesus is not a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8220]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot pray in the name of Jesus to have my own will; the name of Jesus is not a signature of no importance, but the decisive factor. The fact that the name of Jesus comes at the beginning does not make it a prayer in the name of Jesus; but this means to pray in such a manner that I dare name Jesus in it, that is to say, dare to think of Him, think His holy will together with whatever I am praying for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22119]]></link><description><![CDATA[You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked. Thanks to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46075]]></link><description><![CDATA[... perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked. Thanks to Maria Marquis -Pearl S. Buck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golden Bill! Golden Bill! Lo, the peep of day;  All the air is cool and still,   From ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Golden Bill! Golden Bill! Lo, the peep of day;  All the air is cool and still,   From the elm-tree on the hill,    Chant away:     . . . .      Let thy loud and welcome lay       Pour alway        Few notes but strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24214]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is great force hidden in a sweet command. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49952]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is great force hidden in a sweet command.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's very quick and strong, a powerful defender who is also extremely comfortable on the ball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35070]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's very quick and strong, a powerful defender who is also extremely comfortable on the ball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It came down really to a question of logistics. Having our coach and our training facility here in Michigan, this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29987]]></link><description><![CDATA[It came down really to a question of logistics. Having our coach and our training facility here in Michigan, this just made much more sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don'tknow anything about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21512]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don'tknow anything about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23653]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officially there are 166 dead, and another 125 missing and presumed dead, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Officially there are 166 dead, and another 125 missing and presumed dead,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk? - The Color Purple, 1982.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18413]]></link><description><![CDATA[We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The amount of turnovers was unbelievable, especially at the beginning. It seemed like we never got a shot off for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29301]]></link><description><![CDATA[The amount of turnovers was unbelievable, especially at the beginning. It seemed like we never got a shot off for such a long period of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And a million horrible bellowing echoes broke From the red-ribb'd hollow behind the wood,  And thunder'd up into Heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13305]]></link><description><![CDATA[And a million horrible bellowing echoes broke From the red-ribb'd hollow behind the wood,  And thunder'd up into Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you not heard the poets tell How came the dainty Baby Bell  Into this world of ours? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have you not heard the poets tell How came the dainty Baby Bell  Into this world of ours?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is no more than a dream as long as we need the comfort of the clan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is no more than a dream as long as we need the comfort of the clan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She makes her hand hard with labour, and her heart soft with pity: and when winter evenings fall early (sitting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57223]]></link><description><![CDATA[She makes her hand hard with labour, and her heart soft with pity: and when winter evenings fall early (sitting at her merry wheel), she sings a defiance to the giddy wheel of fortune . . . and fears no manner of ill because she means none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the and the blind can see ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the and the blind can see]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5893</guid></item></channel></rss>