<?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[High prices may not be enough of an incentive for risky developments in conventional oil, let alone oil shale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29515]]></link><description><![CDATA[High prices may not be enough of an incentive for risky developments in conventional oil, let alone oil shale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appreciating each other is a true family value, one that will bail out much of the stress on the planet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Appreciating each other is a true family value, one that will bail out much of the stress on the planet and help strengthen the universal bond all people have. Doc Childre, The How To Book of Teen Self Discovery When I start appreciating, I look at it like business. I start by appreciating life itself. After all, life is really a gift. It might not always seem like that's true, but it is. If nothing else, it's a gift of discovery. So I appreciate that! Doc Childre and Sara Paddision, HeartMath Discovery Program What you put out comes back. The more you sincerely appreciate life from the heart, the more the magnetic energy of appreciation attracts fulfilling life experiences to you, both personally and professionally. Learning how to appreciate more consistently offers many benefits and applications. Appreciation is an easy heart frequency to activate and it can help shift your perspectives quickly. Learning how to appreciate both pleasant and even seemingly unpleasant experiences is a key to increased fulfillment. Mother Teresa -Sara Paddison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They said they were holding him and they would destroy him if I don't cooperate with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40732]]></link><description><![CDATA[They said they were holding him and they would destroy him if I don't cooperate with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's real life is often the life that one does not lead ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53222]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's real life is often the life that one does not lead]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have oftener than once endeavoured to attach some meaning to that aphorism, vulgarly imputed to Shaftesbury, which however we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54209]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have oftener than once endeavoured to attach some meaning to that aphorism, vulgarly imputed to Shaftesbury, which however we can find nowhere in his works, that "ridicule is the test of truth."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much will always wanting be To him who much desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much will always wanting be To him who much desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58860]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost,  We seek it, ere it comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25572]]></link><description><![CDATA[For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost,  We seek it, ere it comes to light,   In every cranny but the right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64877]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No seat is more than eight seats from the stage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35641]]></link><description><![CDATA[No seat is more than eight seats from the stage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AndroclesA slave named Androcles once escaped from his master and fledto the forest. As he was wandering about there he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1496]]></link><description><![CDATA[AndroclesA slave named Androcles once escaped from his master and fledto the forest. As he was wandering about there he came upon aLion lying down moaning and groaning. At first he turned to flee,but finding that the Lion did not pursue him, he turned back andwent up to him. As he came near, the Lion put out his paw, whichwas all swollen and bleeding, and Androcles found that a hugethorn had got into it, and was causing all the pain. He pulledout the thorn and bound up the paw of the Lion, who was soon ableto rise and lick the hand of Androcles like a dog. Then the Liontook Androcles to his cave, and every day used to bring him meatfrom which to live. But shortly afterwards both Androcles and theLion were captured, and the slave was sentenced to be thrown tothe Lion, after the latter had been kept without food for severaldays. The Emperor and all his Court came to see the spectacle,and Androcles was led out into the middle of the arena. Soon theLion was let loose from his den, and rushed bounding and roaringtowards his victim. But as soon as he came near to Androcles herecognised his friend, and fawned upon him, and licked his handslike a friendly dog. The Emperor, surprised at this, summonedAndrocles to him, who told him the whole story. Whereupon theslave was pardoned and freed, and the Lion let loose to his nativeforest.Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like Bush because I don't think he understands poverty or the problems of developing countries. Poor countries want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41149]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like Bush because I don't think he understands poverty or the problems of developing countries. Poor countries want to have political independence, too -- the freedom to make decisions for themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21166]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the anger habit: Do not suppress it-that would hurt you inside. Donot express it-this would not only hurt you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21158]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the anger habit: Do not suppress it-that would hurt you inside. Donot express it-this would not only hurt you inside, it would cause ripplesin your surroundings. What you do is transform it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63934]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music inflames temperament. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music inflames temperament.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes thou shalt be forsaken of God, sometimes thou shalt be troubled by thy neighbors; and what is more, oftentimes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes thou shalt be forsaken of God, sometimes thou shalt be troubled by thy neighbors; and what is more, oftentimes thou shalt be wearisome even to thyself. Neither canst thou be delivered or eased by any remedy or comfort; but so long as it pleaseth God, thou oughtest to bear it. For God will have thee learn to suffer tribulation without comfort, and that thou subject thyself wholly to Him, and by tribulation become more humble. No man hath so cordial a feeling of the Passion of Christ, as he that hath suffered the like himself. The Cross therefore is always ready, and everywhere waits for thee. Thou canst not escape it, whithersoever thou runnest; for wheresoever thou goest, thou carriest thyself with thee, and shalt ever find thyself. Both above and below, without and within, which way so ever thou dost turn thee, everywhere thou shalt find the Cross; and everywhere of necessity thou must hold fast patience, if thou wilt have inward peace, and enjoy an everlasting crown.  ...Thomas à Kempis, Of the Imitation of Christ June 8, 1996 Feast of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath & Wells, Hymnographer, 1711  The charm of the words of great men, those grand sayings which are recognized as true as soon as heard, is this, that you recognize them as wisdom which has passed across your own mind. You feel that they are your own thoughts come back to you, else you would not at once admit them. "All of that has floated across me before, only I could not say it, and did not feel confident enough to assert it: or had not conviction enough to put it into words." Yes, God spoke to you what He did to them: only, they believed it, said it, trusted the Word within them; and you did not. Be sure that often when you say, "It is only my own poor thought, and I am alone," the real correcting thought is this: "Alone, but the Father is with me, and therefore I can live that lonely conviction.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth! Then with passion would I shake the world,  And rouse ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45616]]></link><description><![CDATA[O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth! Then with passion would I shake the world,  And rouse from sleep that fell anatomy   Which cannot hear a lady's feeble voice,    Which scorns a modern invocation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50003]]></link><description><![CDATA[To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the key word here was persistency. We just kept putting pressure on them, believed in our system and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41695]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the key word here was persistency. We just kept putting pressure on them, believed in our system and sooner or later, we would get the breaks to win the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The honest man must be a perpetual renegade, the life of an honest man a perpetual infidelity. For the man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52060]]></link><description><![CDATA[The honest man must be a perpetual renegade, the life of an honest man a perpetual infidelity. For the man who wishes to remain faithful to truth must make himself perpetually unfaithful to all the continual, successive, indefatigable renascent errors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the realm of thought every person performs innumerable abortions each minute of the waking day ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/124]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the realm of thought every person performs innumerable abortions each minute of the waking day]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At all times it is better to have a method. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9878]]></link><description><![CDATA[At all times it is better to have a method.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19477]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These will be a great help in shaping the budget measures provide real insights into the hopes and concerns of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33580]]></link><description><![CDATA[These will be a great help in shaping the budget measures provide real insights into the hopes and concerns of Canadians from all provinces and territories.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her hitting was her nemesis last year, but she still got to play good defense for us. She's gotten stronger, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her hitting was her nemesis last year, but she still got to play good defense for us. She's gotten stronger, though, and she's been hitting in the No. 3 spot during the scrimmages. I'm hoping that she'll be a surprise with her bat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3746]]></link><description><![CDATA[In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human; to forgive, divine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16545]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human; to forgive, divine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18308]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse to watch cartoons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their heads sometimes so little that there is no room for wit; sometimes so long, that there is no wit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their heads sometimes so little that there is no room for wit; sometimes so long, that there is no wit for so much room.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tim did a good job controlling the action from his feet today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tim did a good job controlling the action from his feet today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame is a bee. / It has a song / It has a sting / Ah, too, it has a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame is a bee. / It has a song / It has a sting / Ah, too, it has a wing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48157]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought is, perhaps, the forerunner and even the mother of ideas, and ideas are the most powerful and the most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought is, perhaps, the forerunner and even the mother of ideas, and ideas are the most powerful and the most useful things in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752   The purpose of the covenant, in the Hebrew Bible and some subsequent writings, was never simply that the creator wanted to have Israel as a special people, irrespective of the fate of the rest of the world. The purpose of the covenant was that, through this means, the creator would address and save his entire world. The call of Abraham was designed to undo the sin of Adam.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of these activists are defending human rights. The authorities must ensure that they are able to continue with their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of these activists are defending human rights. The authorities must ensure that they are able to continue with their peaceful activities without fear of arbitrary detention, harassment or other human rights violations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when it comes time to play, you have to be ready. Those (banners) are things from the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30265]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when it comes time to play, you have to be ready. Those (banners) are things from the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonsense is to sense, as shade to light; it heightens effect ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nonsense is to sense, as shade to light; it heightens effect]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62051]]></link><description><![CDATA[A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63887]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corruption is a tree, whose branches are Of an immeasurable length: they spread  Ev'rywhere; and the dew that drops ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Corruption is a tree, whose branches are Of an immeasurable length: they spread  Ev'rywhere; and the dew that drops from thence   Hath infected some chairs and stools of authority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's always frustrating when you get good looks and the ball doesn't go in the hole. That's what keeps you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30262]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's always frustrating when you get good looks and the ball doesn't go in the hole. That's what keeps you humble in this game. If you made everything, this would be an easy game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27637]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27637</guid></item></channel></rss>