<?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[Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. thanks to Dana Bidne -William Jennings Bryan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very bestadvice, and then going away and doing the exact ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22337]]></link><description><![CDATA[I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very bestadvice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a very quite, hard worker. Coming into this year from last year, I see 10 times the wrestler. This ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28354]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a very quite, hard worker. Coming into this year from last year, I see 10 times the wrestler. This year he won't be denied. He's just awesome. He is only a sophomore, too. Next year, people better watch out in that heavy weight division.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A few days ago some thought they were going to wipe us off the map. Today the Popular Party is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39079]]></link><description><![CDATA[A few days ago some thought they were going to wipe us off the map. Today the Popular Party is still the great party it has always been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence makes the heart grow fonder, Isle of Beauty, Fare thee well! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence makes the heart grow fonder, Isle of Beauty, Fare thee well!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what sort ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46082]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what sort of person you are. -C. S. Lewis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea of improvisation means that we confront ourselves with our own individual creativity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30609]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea of improvisation means that we confront ourselves with our own individual creativity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing lost or wasted in this life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22772]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing lost or wasted in this life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I got the job, we had some good veteran players. Recruiting slipped for a couple of classes, but now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35392]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I got the job, we had some good veteran players. Recruiting slipped for a couple of classes, but now we hope we have things going again. We hope to consistently be in the top 10.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to custom]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll probably trend a little bit lower [in the next couple of weeks]. A lot of the gains have been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28345]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll probably trend a little bit lower [in the next couple of weeks]. A lot of the gains have been on positive comments made by companies like Dell and IBM, but I think a lot of this reflects market-share shifts rather than a recovery in the overall market.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world has been made by fools that men should live in it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26242]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world has been made by fools that men should live in it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse! how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55928]]></link><description><![CDATA[O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse! how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses in forgetfulness? -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906  Christ did not enchant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906  Christ did not enchant men; He demanded that they believe in Him: except on one occasion, the Transfiguration. For a brief while, Peter, James, and John were permitted to see Him in His glory. For that brief while they had no need of faith. The vision vanished, and the memory of it did not prevent them from all forsaking Him when He was arrested, or Peter from denying that he had ever known Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How noble the law, in its majestic equality, that both the rich and poor are equally prohibited from peeing in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24294]]></link><description><![CDATA[How noble the law, in its majestic equality, that both the rich and poor are equally prohibited from peeing in the streets, sleeping under bridges, and stealing bread!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth--that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57013]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth--that the error and truth are simply opposite. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when it is cured on one error, is usually simply another error, and maybe one worse than the first one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sow our thoughts, and we reap our actions; we sow our actions, and we reap our habits; we sow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18521]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sow our thoughts, and we reap our actions; we sow our actions, and we reap our habits; we sow our habits, and we reap our characters; we sow our characters, and we reap our destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water heats up much more slowly than land surfaces, so in the summer the water is acting to cool the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water heats up much more slowly than land surfaces, so in the summer the water is acting to cool the surrounding land surface. In the winter, the opposite happens. In winter the water remains warmer than the surrounding land.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superman don't need no seat belt. [Comment to flight attendant, who replied, 'Superman don't need no airplane, either.'] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superman don't need no seat belt. [Comment to flight attendant, who replied, 'Superman don't need no airplane, either.']]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60171]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the Universe to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My real fear is that there will be revenge acts. That has happened in the past. That could be very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33552]]></link><description><![CDATA[My real fear is that there will be revenge acts. That has happened in the past. That could be very bloody and lead to more serious problems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would also like the portraits to remain in Austria. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41570]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would also like the portraits to remain in Austria.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So much to do, so little done, such things to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/382]]></link><description><![CDATA[So much to do, so little done, such things to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Probably the toughest time in anyone's life is when you have to murder a loved one because they're the devil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Probably the toughest time in anyone's life is when you have to murder a loved one because they're the devil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You not supposed to feel down over whatever happen to you. I mean, you\'re supposed to use whatever happen to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66913]]></link><description><![CDATA[You not supposed to feel down over whatever happen to you. I mean, you\'re supposed to use whatever happen to you as some type of upper, not a downer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53787]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head, make their point of constructive criticism and continue on in calm forbearance. Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth - for your love is more delightful than wine ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth - for your love is more delightful than wine]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me the cups, And let the kettle to the trumpet speak,  The trumpet to the cannoneer without,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me the cups, And let the kettle to the trumpet speak,  The trumpet to the cannoneer without,   The cannons to the heavens, the heaven to earth,    'Now the king drinks to Hamlet.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I simple cannot understand the passion that some people have for making themselves thoroughly uncomfortable and then boasting about it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45626]]></link><description><![CDATA[I simple cannot understand the passion that some people have for making themselves thoroughly uncomfortable and then boasting about it afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on authenticity:   "Prayer in the Name of Christ", though it is essentially a mystical ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on authenticity:   "Prayer in the Name of Christ", though it is essentially a mystical phrase, also contains a surface meaning which is very valuable to those who grasp and apply it. The more Jesus becomes our standard and inspiration in prayer, the more confident we may be of a favorable hearing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fine woman shows her charms to most advantage when she seems most to conceal them. The finest bosom in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2834]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fine woman shows her charms to most advantage when she seems most to conceal them. The finest bosom in nature is not so fine as what imagination forms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The king-becoming graces, As justice, verity, temp'rance, stableness,  Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness,   Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The king-becoming graces, As justice, verity, temp'rance, stableness,  Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness,   Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude,    I have no relish of them, but abound     In the division of each several crime,      Acting in many ways.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The diamond's virtues well might grace The epigram, and both excel  In brilliancy in smallest space,   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14057]]></link><description><![CDATA[The diamond's virtues well might grace The epigram, and both excel  In brilliancy in smallest space,   And power to cut as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22246]]></link><description><![CDATA[To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it -- who can say this is not greatness?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the good loser who finally loses out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25595]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the good loser who finally loses out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis said the lion will turn and flee From a maid in the pride of her purity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48774]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis said the lion will turn and flee From a maid in the pride of her purity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1083]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51830]]></link><description><![CDATA[There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not want to die ... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58587]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not want to die ... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's just goofy. Making it easier for the accounting side shouldn't even be a consideration. They ought to be more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38478]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's just goofy. Making it easier for the accounting side shouldn't even be a consideration. They ought to be more concerned about students.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadayssaying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17895]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadayssaying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! the snow, the beautiful snow, Filling the sky and earth below,  Over the housetops, over the street,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! the snow, the beautiful snow, Filling the sky and earth below,  Over the housetops, over the street,   Over the heads of the people you meet.    Dancing,     Flirting,      Skimming along.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's amazing, ... They will always support you here and it's brilliant to win in front of your home crowd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39965]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's amazing, ... They will always support you here and it's brilliant to win in front of your home crowd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats need it; we don't. But it poses no harm, either. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cats need it; we don't. But it poses no harm, either.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/211]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/211</guid></item></channel></rss>