<?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[I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3044]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[mayor of Capitol Hill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36851]]></link><description><![CDATA[mayor of Capitol Hill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't understand people who don't like good production. It drives me crazy. We hear all the time from people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32467]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't understand people who don't like good production. It drives me crazy. We hear all the time from people who prefer the way our first records sounded, but if we had more money and time back then, we would have made them sound better. I always want our albums to sound more polished, as they say. Polished is the point for what we do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. With respect to luxuries and comforts, the wisest have even lived a more simple and meagre life than the poor. -Henry David Thoreau.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64912]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the morrow may bring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the morrow may bring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66227]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The massive gates of circumstance Are turned upon the smallest hinge,  And thus some seeming pettiest chance   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8699]]></link><description><![CDATA[The massive gates of circumstance Are turned upon the smallest hinge,  And thus some seeming pettiest chance   Oft gives our life its after-tinge.    The trifles of our daily lives,     The common things, scarce worth recall,      Whereof no visible trace survives,       These are the mainsprings after all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is argument carried out by other means. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is argument carried out by other means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When something [an affliction] happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1674]]></link><description><![CDATA[When something [an affliction] happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the third quarter 2005, we produced our best third-quarter result ever, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39089]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the third quarter 2005, we produced our best third-quarter result ever,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["When a man says he's willin'," said Mr. Barkis, "it's as much as to say, that man's a-waitin' for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61591]]></link><description><![CDATA["When a man says he's willin'," said Mr. Barkis, "it's as much as to say, that man's a-waitin' for a answer."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It just frees you to be more honest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39264]]></link><description><![CDATA[It just frees you to be more honest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a community field and for the entire community and that's how we see it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32727]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a community field and for the entire community and that's how we see it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a pilot flying an airplane and it just so happened that where I was flying made what I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1977]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a pilot flying an airplane and it just so happened that where I was flying made what I was doing spying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most pitiful human ailment is a birdseed heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18300]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most pitiful human ailment is a birdseed heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know you've been married to the same woman for 69 years. That is marvelous. It must be very inexpensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26562]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know you've been married to the same woman for 69 years. That is marvelous. It must be very inexpensive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women may fall when there's no strength in men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64689]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women may fall when there's no strength in men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45283]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1689]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not ent]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit. Somebody ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit. Somebody said to me not too long ago, 'Until you're twenty, you have the face you are born with, and after that you have the face you deserve', and I really loved that - the idea that you wear who you are on your face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inter-group contact and positive relationships across the generations seem to be an important mechanism for combating ageist stereotypes, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inter-group contact and positive relationships across the generations seem to be an important mechanism for combating ageist stereotypes,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/71]]></link><description><![CDATA[The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/71</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early on, I knew what I was getting into. But it's been very tough. It's hard to watch knowing I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Early on, I knew what I was getting into. But it's been very tough. It's hard to watch knowing I can't be out there helping the guys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There were some fantastic matches between the two sides in the late eighties and into the early nineties. Perhaps not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30675]]></link><description><![CDATA[There were some fantastic matches between the two sides in the late eighties and into the early nineties. Perhaps not so much with the first team as these tended to be second team matches played on a Friday night, but that did not stop the two sides from going at one another, and I expect that to be the main theme on Saturday evening. We will both have a go at one another within the spirit of the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No poet sings because he must sing. At least no great poet does. A great poet sings because he chooses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6117]]></link><description><![CDATA[No poet sings because he must sing. At least no great poet does. A great poet sings because he chooses to sing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole is more than the sum of its parts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44708]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole is more than the sum of its parts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44708</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['Tis a word that's quickly spoken, Which being unrestrained, a heart is broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62035]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis a word that's quickly spoken, Which being unrestrained, a heart is broken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/956]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope that Iran will not become an obstacle to peace and security in Iraq. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40143]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope that Iran will not become an obstacle to peace and security in Iraq.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54850]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All this for a song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57211]]></link><description><![CDATA[All this for a song.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a society channels male aggression is one of the greatest questions as to whether that society will survive. That's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1904]]></link><description><![CDATA[How a society channels male aggression is one of the greatest questions as to whether that society will survive. That's why I am not against violence in the media, I am against the glorification of immoral violence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first time you see Winston Churchill you see all his faults and the rest of your life you spend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first time you see Winston Churchill you see all his faults and the rest of your life you spend discovering his virtues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4946]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First, you had to have a tutor at home, who prepared you and talked all the time about the examination ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42042]]></link><description><![CDATA[First, you had to have a tutor at home, who prepared you and talked all the time about the examination you would have to pass, till you were scared.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation is suicide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation is suicide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people can't think, most of the remainder won't think, the small fraction who do think mostly can't do it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people can't think, most of the remainder won't think, the small fraction who do think mostly can't do it very well. The extremely tiny fraction who think regularly, accurately, creatively, and without self-delusion- in the long run, these are the only people who count.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9270</guid></item></channel></rss>