<?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[The church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53534]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/803]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63553]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the first attempt to get some numbers out there to get a feel for how big this thing is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36028]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the first attempt to get some numbers out there to get a feel for how big this thing is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis solitude should teach us how to die; It hath no flatterers; vanity can give  No hollow aid; alone--man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57167]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis solitude should teach us how to die; It hath no flatterers; vanity can give  No hollow aid; alone--man with his God must strive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22607]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A life in harmony with nature, the love of truth and virtue, will purge the eyes to understanding her text. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18757]]></link><description><![CDATA[A life in harmony with nature, the love of truth and virtue, will purge the eyes to understanding her text.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real malady is fear of life, not of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24849]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real malady is fear of life, not of death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater plan, nor is all necessarily ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater plan, nor is all necessarily under control]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17679]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15267]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hello Montreal! 'Fuck You' would be a good sign at your highways! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hello Montreal! 'Fuck You' would be a good sign at your highways!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15196]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can't do this. -- Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M Post-It Notepads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's nice that we have a lot of people that can contribute in different spots and pick up the slack. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36196]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's nice that we have a lot of people that can contribute in different spots and pick up the slack. We are not generating a greater volume of shots, but a better quality of shot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After 30 years of devastation, we are starting from nothing and any move such as this helps the reconstruction of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40051]]></link><description><![CDATA[After 30 years of devastation, we are starting from nothing and any move such as this helps the reconstruction of Afghanistan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you do, do with all your might. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you do, do with all your might.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A book is a gift you can open again and again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4489]]></link><description><![CDATA[A book is a gift you can open again and again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight,  The tempest itself lags ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27517]]></link><description><![CDATA[How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight,  The tempest itself lags behind,   And the swift-winged arrows of light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and unfavorable, masculine and feminine, ancient and modern; all alike, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61945]]></link><description><![CDATA[For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and unfavorable, masculine and feminine, ancient and modern; all alike, I should say, result from paucity of experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3655]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60354]]></link><description><![CDATA[In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt buckles he becomes hesitant, and if the stakes are pure gold he becomes nervous and confused. There is no difference as to his skil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave. In the dark ages of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56952]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave. In the dark ages of Christianity she is a toy and a sentimental goddess. With increasing moral light, and greater liberty, and more universal justice, she begins to develop as an equal human being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's not the way we operate here at NASA. We promote openness and we speak with the facts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33295]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's not the way we operate here at NASA. We promote openness and we speak with the facts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of love is apathy, and hate is really the same as love. If you're so consumed by hatred ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45126]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of love is apathy, and hate is really the same as love. If you're so consumed by hatred for someone, you might as well be loving them, because you're thinking about them for the same amount of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The atoms become like a moth, seeking out the region of higher laser intensity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3427]]></link><description><![CDATA[The atoms become like a moth, seeking out the region of higher laser intensity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heaven's help is better than early rising. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven's help is better than early rising.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God helps those who help themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19173]]></link><description><![CDATA[God helps those who help themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50588]]></link><description><![CDATA[He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Locanian having plucked all the feathers off from a nightingale and seeing what a little body it had, "surely," ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60920]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Locanian having plucked all the feathers off from a nightingale and seeing what a little body it had, "surely," quoth he, "thou art all voice and nothing else." (Vox et praeterea nibil.)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unity and self-sacrifice, of themselves, even when fostered by the most noble means, produce a facility for hating. Even when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unity and self-sacrifice, of themselves, even when fostered by the most noble means, produce a facility for hating. Even when men league themselves mightily together to promote tolerance and peace on earth, they are likely to be violently intolerant toward those not of a like mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46196]]></link><description><![CDATA[We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not many artists commit suicide by leaping off the pinnacle of success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not many artists commit suicide by leaping off the pinnacle of success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone has highs and lows that they have to learn from, but every morning I start off with a good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone has highs and lows that they have to learn from, but every morning I start off with a good head on my shoulders, saying to myself, 'It's going to be a good day!'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government is asleep -- there is a big administrative corruption everywhere in its institutions, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36676]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government is asleep -- there is a big administrative corruption everywhere in its institutions,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least inviting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50763]]></link><description><![CDATA[That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least inviting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Is there no hope?" the sick man said, The silent doctor shook his head,  And took his leave with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26693]]></link><description><![CDATA["Is there no hope?" the sick man said, The silent doctor shook his head,  And took his leave with signs of sorrow,   Despairing of his fee to-morrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You make decisions, and it doesn't always turn out right. That doesn't mean you made the wrong decision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41226]]></link><description><![CDATA[You make decisions, and it doesn't always turn out right. That doesn't mean you made the wrong decision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wouldn't do wood alone. But take some of those wood bangles, especially in darker colors, and mix them with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36161]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wouldn't do wood alone. But take some of those wood bangles, especially in darker colors, and mix them with gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us seize, friends, our opportunity from the day as it passes. [Lat., Rapiamus, amici,  Occasionem de die.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us seize, friends, our opportunity from the day as it passes. [Lat., Rapiamus, amici,  Occasionem de die.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The four seniors really organized things. I've seen it occasionally, but usually not everybody. For all seven of them to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39961]]></link><description><![CDATA[The four seniors really organized things. I've seen it occasionally, but usually not everybody. For all seven of them to show up in great shape, that's a really big plus for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no substitute for experience ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14662]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no substitute for experience]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19293]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19293</guid></item></channel></rss>