<?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 wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40817]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all that important to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There were about 10 points they scored in a row because we weren't where we needed to be defensively. Consequently, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37922]]></link><description><![CDATA[There were about 10 points they scored in a row because we weren't where we needed to be defensively. Consequently, you get fouled calls that way, and it's pretty easy to score when you're standing there at the free throw line with nobody guarding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10034]]></link><description><![CDATA[The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52893]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43718]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than 50 million people; the other of 3,950 million. The latter group does not really count.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is humble is confident and wise. He who brags is insecure and lacking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21041]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is humble is confident and wise. He who brags is insecure and lacking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is the sinews of love, as of war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is the sinews of love, as of war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66020]]></link><description><![CDATA[You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's one man's poison, signior, Is another's meat or drink. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46864]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's one man's poison, signior, Is another's meat or drink.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ever since I was a little girl, I envisioned this exactly happening to me. Not necessarily doing a movie about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ever since I was a little girl, I envisioned this exactly happening to me. Not necessarily doing a movie about strippers, but being young and having somebody like a director like Michael see me, and see something in me, and take a chance. And have a process like we have had.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had 13 points against Logan and 10 against Watkins Memorial. During those eight games we were losing, he wasn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39947]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had 13 points against Logan and 10 against Watkins Memorial. During those eight games we were losing, he wasn't playing too well. I think he gained some confidence in that game against Watkins. He was coming back from an injury and finally got comfortable and played his game and didn't worry about his ankle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It destroys one's nerves to be amiable everyday to the same human being. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16817]]></link><description><![CDATA[It destroys one's nerves to be amiable everyday to the same human being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ideas are fatal to caste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ideas are fatal to caste.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold,A ram caught in a thicket by its horns;Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him.But the old man would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold,A ram caught in a thicket by its horns;Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him.But the old man would not so, but slew his son...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world. [Lat., Undique ad inferos tantundem viae est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19130]]></link><description><![CDATA[From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world. [Lat., Undique ad inferos tantundem viae est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. -William Faulkner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. -William Faulkner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belief in immortality for us does not depend on a story, however well attested, in an ancient book... No, here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Belief in immortality for us does not depend on a story, however well attested, in an ancient book... No, here was a sequence of great character and emancipated spirit, all attached to and explained by such a personality as the world never saw; and the central doctrine of the risen Christ squared with the rationality and the goodness of God... The wise said that God and the godlike could have no contact with suffering, but Jesus was no phantom feigning to be crucified; he truly suffered on the cross, he truly rose. Suffering is a language all can understand, and none can quite exhaust; and the suffering Christ, victorious over pain and death, meant for all who grasped his significance a new faith in God, a new freedom of mind in God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is well that war is so terrible--we shouldn't grow too fond of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61205]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is well that war is so terrible--we shouldn't grow too fond of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66424]]></link><description><![CDATA[And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I certainly do get at the end of my rope at times. We all do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37953]]></link><description><![CDATA[I certainly do get at the end of my rope at times. We all do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more sinful and guilty a person tends to feel, the less chance there is that he will be a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18484]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more sinful and guilty a person tends to feel, the less chance there is that he will be a happy, healthy, or law-abiding citizen. He will become a compulsive wrong-doer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast;  And the woods against a stormy sky,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2409]]></link><description><![CDATA[The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast;  And the woods against a stormy sky,   Their giant branches toss'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29022]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A kiss to or from a woman we love is a far too delicate pledge of affection to bear the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52066]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kiss to or from a woman we love is a far too delicate pledge of affection to bear the gaze of strangers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Asians are the original Conservatives because for thousands of years we have believed in free enterprise… you have just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15765]]></link><description><![CDATA[We Asians are the original Conservatives because for thousands of years we have believed in free enterprise… you have just stolen our philosophy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other, everything to gain]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's interesting that astronomy can do this. And it's great that there's this ongoing interest in Ansel. We're planning to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42178]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's interesting that astronomy can do this. And it's great that there's this ongoing interest in Ansel. We're planning to go out and see it for curiosity's sake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13630]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24048]]></link><description><![CDATA[All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who will sell the Cow, must say the word. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10004]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We spend just as much time on special teams as we do offense and defense. That can make a difference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40418]]></link><description><![CDATA[We spend just as much time on special teams as we do offense and defense. That can make a difference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one ever complains about a speech being too short! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27841]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever complains about a speech being too short!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A week ago, you could sense the soul of New Orleans from the people who were still around. There's no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30537]]></link><description><![CDATA[A week ago, you could sense the soul of New Orleans from the people who were still around. There's no people. It's like trying to interview someone's guitar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a time for all things, a time to preach and a time to pray, but those times have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61198]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a time for all things, a time to preach and a time to pray, but those times have passed away. There is a time to fight, and that time has now come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little bit at which you persevere is better than a lot at which you are bored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36722]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little bit at which you persevere is better than a lot at which you are bored.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is clear that Seagate continues to progress well towards providing newer higher margin drives in the CE and Mobile ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30611]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is clear that Seagate continues to progress well towards providing newer higher margin drives in the CE and Mobile markets. As such, we continue to believe that Seagate can grow its top and bottom line profits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The governor has put her finger directly on the most critical needs in Puget Sound with this initiative. The additional ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30389]]></link><description><![CDATA[The governor has put her finger directly on the most critical needs in Puget Sound with this initiative. The additional funds she is proposing will accelerate some of the highest priority actions on the ground, while the new public-private partnership will build the broader coalition needed to safeguard the future of this great natural area.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57337]]></link><description><![CDATA[O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27988]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I missed it. Plumb-bobbing is overrated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30248]]></link><description><![CDATA[I missed it. Plumb-bobbing is overrated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sit down and feed, and welcome to our table. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sit down and feed, and welcome to our table.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[held in a free and democratic atmosphere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36706]]></link><description><![CDATA[held in a free and democratic atmosphere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be killed than frightened to death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10521]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be killed than frightened to death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10521</guid></item></channel></rss>