<?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[Discover Greatness: An Illustrated History of Negro Leagues Baseball, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discover Greatness: An Illustrated History of Negro Leagues Baseball,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The period which marked the enormous statistical success of the revival churches was also the period which saw membership standards ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6934]]></link><description><![CDATA[The period which marked the enormous statistical success of the revival churches was also the period which saw membership standards decline almost to the vanishing point. Today the [various denominations] don't even have enough authority to keep their members out of mob violence, let alone hold them to difficult standards of theological or ethical or moral excellence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To heal divisions, to relieve the oppress'd, In virtue rich; in blessing others, bless'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4318]]></link><description><![CDATA[To heal divisions, to relieve the oppress'd, In virtue rich; in blessing others, bless'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's our most pop album since our first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41402]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's our most pop album since our first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60515]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Endangered Species Act has been a dismal failure, and in 25 years the act has yet to bring a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38994]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Endangered Species Act has been a dismal failure, and in 25 years the act has yet to bring a single species off the list into recovery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42933]]></link><description><![CDATA[As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She connected with the military in a way I know they appreciate, not only the brass but the serving soldiers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38457]]></link><description><![CDATA[She connected with the military in a way I know they appreciate, not only the brass but the serving soldiers who saw someone who had made a point of getting to know them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The experience has turned my writing from memoir to mentor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37964]]></link><description><![CDATA[The experience has turned my writing from memoir to mentor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned just enough in school to figure out that everything is not all there is to know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54765]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned just enough in school to figure out that everything is not all there is to know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If any would not work, neither shall he eat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48572]]></link><description><![CDATA[If any would not work, neither shall he eat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2238]]></link><description><![CDATA[To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the prerogative of mindlessness, but the exact opposite: It is the reward of self-esteem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60667]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From thy own smile I snatched the snake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56675]]></link><description><![CDATA[From thy own smile I snatched the snake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart is forever inexperienced. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13747]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart is forever inexperienced.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one soon or late comes round by Rome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one soon or late comes round by Rome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carpe per diem - seize the check. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Carpe per diem - seize the check.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1745]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away with things, but you're old enough, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65198]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating one's own creativity - that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30584]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating one's own creativity - that's a much tougher matter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by it; whether he is moved by other people and outer forces or moves them -- this is of the essence of leadership.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Saints & Martyrs of England   I could scarcely reconcile myself at first to this strange way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Saints & Martyrs of England   I could scarcely reconcile myself at first to this strange way of preaching in the fields, of which Whitfield set me an example on Sunday; having been all my life (till very lately) so tenacious of every point relating to decency and order, that I should have thought the saving of souls almost a sin, if it had not been done in a church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pathos of man is that he hungers for personal fulfillment and for a sense of community with others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pathos of man is that he hungers for personal fulfillment and for a sense of community with others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Read but o'er the Stories Of men most fam'd for courage or for counsaile  And you shall find that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Read but o'er the Stories Of men most fam'd for courage or for counsaile  And you shall find that the desire of glory   Was the last frailty wise men put of;    Be they presidents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people once are in the wrong, Each line they add is much too long;  Who fastest walks, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14170]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people once are in the wrong, Each line they add is much too long;  Who fastest walks, but walks astray,   Is only furthest from his way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ill wind that bloweth no man good-- The blower of which blast is she. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61647]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ill wind that bloweth no man good-- The blower of which blast is she.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy is only a geographical expression. [Fr., L'Italie est un nom geographique.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Italy is only a geographical expression. [Fr., L'Italie est un nom geographique.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754  Never do anything through strife, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754  Never do anything through strife, or emulation, or vainglory. Never do anything in order to excel other people, but in order to please God, and because it is His will that you should do everything in the best manner that you can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the differences between the conservative and the radical seem to spring mainly from their attitude toward the future. Fear of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47575]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the differences between the conservative and the radical seem to spring mainly from their attitude toward the future. Fear of the future causes us to lean against and cling to the present, while faith in the future renders us receptive to change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13424]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Would he were fatter! But I fear him not. Yet if my name were liable to fear,  I do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Would he were fatter! But I fear him not. Yet if my name were liable to fear,  I do not know the man I should avoid   So soon as that spare Cassius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think of this award as being what we call 'The Year of the Complete Ballplayer,' ... The player that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36247]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think of this award as being what we call 'The Year of the Complete Ballplayer,' ... The player that has done the most not only for his team, but has done most to help his team win baseball games. Not only for home runs, runs batted in and batting average, but also in the clubhouse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tyranny Is far the worst of treasons. Dost thou deem  None rebels except subjects? The prince who   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tyranny Is far the worst of treasons. Dost thou deem  None rebels except subjects? The prince who   Neglects or violates his trust is more    A brigand than the robber-chief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boredom: the desire for desires ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boredom: the desire for desires]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man’s power of choice enables him to think like an angel or a devil, a king or a slave. Whatever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man’s power of choice enables him to think like an angel or a devil, a king or a slave. Whatever he chooses, mind will create and manifest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What are these, So withered and so wild in their attire  That took not like th' inhabitants o' th' ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2791]]></link><description><![CDATA[What are these, So withered and so wild in their attire  That took not like th' inhabitants o' th' earth   And yet are on't?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15153]]></link><description><![CDATA[The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what's right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what's right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will be crying because I'm sentimental. But don't tell anyone I said that! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31985]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will be crying because I'm sentimental. But don't tell anyone I said that!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you make a commitment to a relationship, you invest your attention and energy in it more profoundly because you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45350]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you make a commitment to a relationship, you invest your attention and energy in it more profoundly because you now experience ownership of that relationship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14178</guid></item></channel></rss>