<?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 Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56363]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who have attained things worth having in this world have workedwhile others have idled, have perservered while others gave ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21729]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who have attained things worth having in this world have workedwhile others have idled, have perservered while others gave up in despair,and have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial,industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later lifethe success often erroneously attributed to good luck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thoughtto be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22762]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thoughtto be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be sure, nothing is more important to the integrity of the universities than a rigorously enforced divorce from war-oriented ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36272]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be sure, nothing is more important to the integrity of the universities than a rigorously enforced divorce from war-oriented research and all connected enterprises.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when to mischief mortals bend their will, How soon they find fit instruments of ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50921]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when to mischief mortals bend their will, How soon they find fit instruments of ill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54161]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Set a thief to catch a thief ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Set a thief to catch a thief]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53281]]></link><description><![CDATA[To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46892]]></link><description><![CDATA[A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had rather believe all the fables in the Legends and the Talmud and the Alcoran, than that this universal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27498]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had rather believe all the fables in the Legends and the Talmud and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15614]]></link><description><![CDATA[They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popularity is not leadership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Popularity is not leadership.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988   There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988   There are no crown wearers in heaven who were not cross bearers here below.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think halfway through the first we played a lot better. Then we took some penalties in the second and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32046]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think halfway through the first we played a lot better. Then we took some penalties in the second and you can't do that against these guys, obviously. Then in the third, I think down 4-0 going into the third it's just a matter of pride and playing hard. I think the guys responded really well but. ... too late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22283]]></link><description><![CDATA[In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. I have always been encouraged -- or sometimes forced -- to confront the very natural fear of being wrong. I was constantly pushed to find out what I really thought and then to speak up. Over time, I came to see that waiting to discover which way the wind was blowing is an excellent way to learn how to be a follower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself. -Mickey Mantle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24945]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself. -Mickey Mantle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under the existing laws, they have averted a disaster from taking place in this country; they have arrested the people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under the existing laws, they have averted a disaster from taking place in this country; they have arrested the people who have been conspiring ... so we don't need new laws,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a fear of being boring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4734]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a fear of being boring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure. [To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49991]]></link><description><![CDATA[To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure. [To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50557]]></link><description><![CDATA[The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a short series of verse on Christ:  Hard it is, very hard, To travel up the slow and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a short series of verse on Christ:  Hard it is, very hard, To travel up the slow and stony road To Calvary, to redeem mankind; far better To make but one resplendent miracle, Lean through the cloud, lift the right hand of power And with a sudden lightning smite the world perfect. Yet this was not God's way, Who had the power,  But set it by, choosing the cross, the thorn,  The sorrowful wounds. Something there is, perhaps, That power destroys in passing, something supreme, To whose great value in the eyes of God That cross, that thorn, and those five wounds bear witness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm giving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24630]]></link><description><![CDATA[My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26825]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous, and loathed because they impose slavery]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go to Jericho. Let them all go to Jericho,  And ne'er be seen againe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go to Jericho. Let them all go to Jericho,  And ne'er be seen againe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5370]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We twain have met like the ships upon the sea, Who behold an hour's converse, so short, so sweet:  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26818]]></link><description><![CDATA[We twain have met like the ships upon the sea, Who behold an hour's converse, so short, so sweet:  One little hour! and then, away they speed   On lonely paths, through mist, and cloud, and foam,    To meet no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is funny. Life isn't categorized into comedy, drama, action, is it?So I don't know why they try to categorize ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is funny. Life isn't categorized into comedy, drama, action, is it?So I don't know why they try to categorize everything. It drives me crazy-why it would have to be just a romantic comedy or...I want to have a little integrity, a little story, you know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28720]]></link><description><![CDATA[He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and curiosity blends itself, more or less, with all our pleasures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not once or twice in our rough island story, The path of duty was the way to glory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not once or twice in our rough island story, The path of duty was the way to glory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They work their way down the line and everything is made to the customer's specifications. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31676]]></link><description><![CDATA[They work their way down the line and everything is made to the customer's specifications.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the use of running when we are on the wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62449]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the use of running when we are on the wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trick is to stop thinking it as 'your' money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27984]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trick is to stop thinking it as 'your' money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4822]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy is a challenge to his elders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43875]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt once harbored in the conscious breast, intimidates the brave, degrades the great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18499]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt once harbored in the conscious breast, intimidates the brave, degrades the great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63124]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is to be once resolved on should be first often well considered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51645]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is to be once resolved on should be first often well considered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New ideas stir from every corner. The show up disguised innocently as interruptions, contradictions and embarrasing dilemmas. Beware of total ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16216]]></link><description><![CDATA[New ideas stir from every corner. The show up disguised innocently as interruptions, contradictions and embarrasing dilemmas. Beware of total strangers and friends alike who shower you with comfortable sameness, and remain open to those who make you uneasy, for they are the true messengers of the future. -Rob Lebow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66519]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word, With no pore piety than other people--  A daw's not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50153]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word, With no pore piety than other people--  A daw's not reckoned a religious bird   Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national literature cannot rise above the moral level of the social conditions of the people from whom it derives its inspiration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25337</guid></item></channel></rss>