<?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[Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty, it is it's own reward. Everything else is in God's hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty, it is it's own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we tried to stop them, they started pelting us with stones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41364]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we tried to stop them, they started pelting us with stones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going in, I knew I wasn't one of the top ones, because I didn't even make the pre-season All-American team. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going in, I knew I wasn't one of the top ones, because I didn't even make the pre-season All-American team. That shows you what people thought of me right there, so I knew I had to go to work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62359]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64602]]></link><description><![CDATA[A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18552]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We tried to keep Sastre up front ahead of the climb, where it all exploded. Of course, it would've been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40103]]></link><description><![CDATA[We tried to keep Sastre up front ahead of the climb, where it all exploded. Of course, it would've been more fun if we'd had a rider in the break, but I'm pretty satisfied with the fact that we had three guys in the second group with all the big favourites.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rast ich, so rost ich. (When I rest, I rust.). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rast ich, so rost ich. (When I rest, I rust.).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16428]]></link><description><![CDATA[While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus is our mouth, through which we speak to the Father; He is our eye, through which we see the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesus is our mouth, through which we speak to the Father; He is our eye, through which we see the Father; He is our right hand through which we offer ourselves to the Father. Unless He intercedes, there is no intercourse with God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47864]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61728]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass and the Old Shepherd A SHEPHERD, watching his Ass feeding in a meadow, was alarmed allof a sudden ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1504]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass and the Old Shepherd A SHEPHERD, watching his Ass feeding in a meadow, was alarmed allof a sudden by the cries of the enemy. He appealed to the Ass tofly with him, lest they should both be captured, but the animallazily replied, Why should I, pray? Do you think it likely theconqueror will place on me two sets of panniers?' No, rejoinedthe Shepherd. Then, said the Ass, as long as I carry thepanniers, what matters it to me whom I serve?' In a change of government the poor change nothing beyond the name of their master.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of overlap in his plan. You might as well hold an index fund. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35061]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of overlap in his plan. You might as well hold an index fund.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To acquire balance means to achieve that happy medium between the minimum and the maximum that represents your optimum. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25040]]></link><description><![CDATA[To acquire balance means to achieve that happy medium between the minimum and the maximum that represents your optimum. The minimum is the least you can get by with. The maximum is the most you're capable of. The optimum is the amount or degree of anything that is most favorable toward the ends you desire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am disappointed a little because there was no concrete thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30895]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am disappointed a little because there was no concrete thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For God's sake, take this seriously. Don't behave normally. Don't look for compromises. Be great, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40848]]></link><description><![CDATA[For God's sake, take this seriously. Don't behave normally. Don't look for compromises. Be great,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman's love is writ in water, Woman's faith is traced in sand.   - Sir Robert Aytoun (Ayton) of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woman's love is writ in water, Woman's faith is traced in sand.   - Sir Robert Aytoun (Ayton) of Kincaldie,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dog in the Manger A dog lay in a manger, and by his growling and snapping prevented the oxen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1535]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Dog in the Manger A dog lay in a manger, and by his growling and snapping prevented the oxen from eating the hay which had been placed for them. What a selfish Dog! said one of them to his companions; he cannot eat the hay himself, and yet refuses to allow those to eat who can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the movie, The Boy Who Could Fly Somewhere, deep inside, we can all fly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21799]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the movie, The Boy Who Could Fly Somewhere, deep inside, we can all fly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person's fate is their own temper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58883]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person's fate is their own temper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then in town let me live, and in town let me die For I own I can't relish the country, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then in town let me live, and in town let me die For I own I can't relish the country, not I.  If I must have a villa in summer to dwell,   Oh give me the sweet shady side of Pall Mall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36822]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33232]]></link><description><![CDATA[The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would the gods had made thee poetical. -As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55672]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would the gods had made thee poetical. -As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy, in Nature's wide dominion, Mightiest cause of all is found;  And 'tis joy that moves the pinion  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy, in Nature's wide dominion, Mightiest cause of all is found;  And 'tis joy that moves the pinion   When the wheel of time goes round.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40473]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582   We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582   We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness, we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may batter your way through the thick of the fray, You may sweat, you may swear, you may grunt; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59724]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may batter your way through the thick of the fray, You may sweat, you may swear, you may grunt;  You may be a jack-fool, if you must, but this rule   Should ever be kept at the front;--    Don't fight with your pillow, but lay down your head     And kick every worriment out of the bed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It also puts everyone on elevated alert ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â that we have emergencies we might have to deal with, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36575]]></link><description><![CDATA[It also puts everyone on elevated alert ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â that we have emergencies we might have to deal with, and the governor expects you're going to be ready to address those.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of things that don't make sense about this picture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33925]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of things that don't make sense about this picture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But all of life's experiences, bad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42840]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But all of life's experiences, bad and good, make you who you are. Erasing any of life's experiences would be a great mistake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22640]]></link><description><![CDATA[What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to fight and when not to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9717]]></link><description><![CDATA[So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to fight and when not to fight are victorious. Those who discern when to use many or few troops are victorious. Those whose upper and lower ranks have the same desire are victorious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will free man from his remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9319]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will free man from his remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet. It will open to him the gates of heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a kind of men so loose of soul, That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51454]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a kind of men so loose of soul, That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path.  But he that has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19950]]></link><description><![CDATA[An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path.  But he that has humanity, forewarned,   Will turn aside and let the reptile live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the truly faithful, no miracle is necessary. For those who doubt, no miracle is sufficient. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22542]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the truly faithful, no miracle is necessary. For those who doubt, no miracle is sufficient.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but actually a trace of it. No painting or drawing, however naturalist, belongs to its subject in the way that a photograph does.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58058]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2413]]></link><description><![CDATA[America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For strong souls Live like fire-hearted suns; to spend their strength  In furthest striving action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/506]]></link><description><![CDATA[For strong souls Live like fire-hearted suns; to spend their strength  In furthest striving action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To greed, all nature is insufficient. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18296]]></link><description><![CDATA[To greed, all nature is insufficient.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future is not a gift -- it is an achievement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/367]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future is not a gift -- it is an achievement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/367</guid></item></channel></rss>