<?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[As I do no good action here, merely for the interpretation of good men, though that be one good and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8284]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I do no good action here, merely for the interpretation of good men, though that be one good and justifiable reason of my good actions: so I must do nothing for my salvation hereafter, merely for the love I bear to mine own soul, though that also be one good and justifiable reason of that action; but the primary reason in both, as well as the actions that establish a good name, as the actions that establish eternal life, must be the glory of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the 1970s and 1980s, many biologists thought wolverines were gone from Washington. It's only in the last 10 years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39741]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the 1970s and 1980s, many biologists thought wolverines were gone from Washington. It's only in the last 10 years we were sure they were here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have great faith in our players and I've come away from the game more comfortable and confident than I'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35968]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have great faith in our players and I've come away from the game more comfortable and confident than I'd have been if I hadn't seen the match,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61944]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes she were not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elgin's game was an incredible performance, also. I don't think there's any comparison. Elgin did it without three-point lines. His ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Elgin's game was an incredible performance, also. I don't think there's any comparison. Elgin did it without three-point lines. His game was attacking the hoop and hitting jumpers inside 20 feet. Kobe's range is unreal, and he does it his way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For success, attitude is equally as important as ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66882]]></link><description><![CDATA[For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chickenpox is not necessarily a benign disease or a childhood rite of passage. We don't recommend parents expose their children. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chickenpox is not necessarily a benign disease or a childhood rite of passage. We don't recommend parents expose their children. The vaccine is best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compassion is the basis of all morality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compassion is the basis of all morality]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our reaction will be painful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our reaction will be painful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're not going to be a superman every time you go out onto the field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28448]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're not going to be a superman every time you go out onto the field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/854]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My doctors offered us a free round of in vitro (fertilization), ... So after all this is over, if it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39238]]></link><description><![CDATA[My doctors offered us a free round of in vitro (fertilization), ... So after all this is over, if it doesn't work out, we have the money. We can adopt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A clear fire, a clean hearth, and the rigour of the game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5241]]></link><description><![CDATA[A clear fire, a clean hearth, and the rigour of the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64131]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They had gotten complaints from subcontractors and vendors who were not getting paid in a timely manner. As the complaints ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38059]]></link><description><![CDATA[They had gotten complaints from subcontractors and vendors who were not getting paid in a timely manner. As the complaints became more frequent, it was a sign the contractor was having some serious problems and would be unable to fulfill their obligations. That is when it reached the point to protect the commission's interest and take the steps necessary to get the project finished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65837]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you shave it off, you have nothing to hide behind, ... People can actually see your soul. It's so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you shave it off, you have nothing to hide behind, ... People can actually see your soul. It's so bizarre. I'm glad I did it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552   What is the Christian? Everywhere the man who, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552   What is the Christian? Everywhere the man who, so far as he comprehends Jesus Christ, so far as he can get any knowledge of Him, is His servant -- the man who makes Christ a teacher of his intelligence and the guide of his soul -- the man who obeys Christ as far as he has been able to understand him... I would know any man as a Christian, would rejoice to know any man as a Christian, whom Jesus would recognize as a Christian; and Jesus Christ, I am sure, in these old days recognized His followers even if they came after Him with the blindest sight, with the most imperfect recognition and acknowledgment of what He was and of what He could do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What infinite heart's-ease Must kings neglect that private men enjoy!  And what have kings that privates have not too, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5445]]></link><description><![CDATA[What infinite heart's-ease Must kings neglect that private men enjoy!  And what have kings that privates have not too,   Save ceremony, save general ceremony?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6018]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of that is gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41154]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of that is gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O how far remov'd, Predestination! is thy foot from such  As see not the First Cause entire: and ye, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12629]]></link><description><![CDATA[O how far remov'd, Predestination! is thy foot from such  As see not the First Cause entire: and ye,   O mortal men! be wary how ye judge:    For we, who see the Maker, know not yet     The number of the chosen; and esteem      Such scantiness of knowledge our delight:       For all good is, in that primal good,        Concentrate; and God's will and ours are one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17910]]></link><description><![CDATA[An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead of his past ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23474]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead of his past]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember Hallie became the second town in Wisconsin to become a five-person board, and that's something Zeal fought real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31859]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember Hallie became the second town in Wisconsin to become a five-person board, and that's something Zeal fought real hard for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and the rats; one not less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and the rats; one not less common is that of the borrowers, not to say a word of the purloiners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865  Let a man but separate himself from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865  Let a man but separate himself from all contingencies and from all works, and there will come over him in this state of emptiness a peace which is very great, lovely, and agreeable, and which is in itself no sin since it is part of our human nature. But when it is taken for a veritable possessing of God, or unity with God, then it is sin, for it is in reality nothing else than a state of thorough passivity and apathy untouched by the power from on high -- a purely negative state from which (if one in arrogance calls it divine) nothing follows but blindness, failure of understanding, and a disinclination to be governed by the rules of ordinary righteousness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A kiss is but a kiss now! and no wave of a great flood that whirls me to the sea. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2169]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kiss is but a kiss now! and no wave of a great flood that whirls me to the sea. But, as you will! we'll sit contentedly, and eat our pot of honey on the grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64783]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18223]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to do what the Republican Congress didn't have the decency to do, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42286]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to do what the Republican Congress didn't have the decency to do,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were expecting the free agency period to come and go. Negotiations were done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33932]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were expecting the free agency period to come and go. Negotiations were done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958  We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958  We admit no faith to be justifying, which is not itself and in its own nature a spiritually vital principle of obedience and good works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30987]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business demands faith, compels earnestness, requires courage, is honestly selfish, is penalized for mistakes, and is the essence of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business demands faith, compels earnestness, requires courage, is honestly selfish, is penalized for mistakes, and is the essence of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we're trying to do on a personal level is to make connections so that more kids, especially in low-income ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40991]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we're trying to do on a personal level is to make connections so that more kids, especially in low-income areas, have more adults in their life. All of these things add up to better lives, safer lives, better schools and communities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If 17 counties have to change vendors before June, that's going to be a huge challenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40078]]></link><description><![CDATA[If 17 counties have to change vendors before June, that's going to be a huge challenge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the bright day that brings forth the adder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51285]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53146]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before marriage a man yearns for a woman. Afterward the "y" is silent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before marriage a man yearns for a woman. Afterward the "y" is silent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['T is a cruelty To load a falling man. -King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56059]]></link><description><![CDATA['T is a cruelty To load a falling man. -King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now between '45 and '48, things would change enormously, 'cos we'd had credit in United States, credit from the Bank ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now between '45 and '48, things would change enormously, 'cos we'd had credit in United States, credit from the Bank of America, credit from the Import-Export Bank and people had started working again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For as our modern wits behold, Mounted a pick-back on the old,  Much farther off, much further he,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29]]></link><description><![CDATA[For as our modern wits behold, Mounted a pick-back on the old,  Much farther off, much further he,   Rais'd on his aged Beast, could see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a right and duty of the wise ones to purify the strong by teaching them their duties and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54258]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a right and duty of the wise ones to purify the strong by teaching them their duties and to strengthen the weak by teaching them their rights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modest and shy as a nun is she; One weak chirp is her only note;  Braggarts and prince of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modest and shy as a nun is she; One weak chirp is her only note;  Braggarts and prince of braggarts is he,   Pouring boasts from his little throat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/732</guid></item></channel></rss>