<?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[I've been in this business for years, and this has been the hardest three days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32491]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been in this business for years, and this has been the hardest three days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11358]]></link><description><![CDATA[A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creative people who can't help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just as someone who climbs a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creative people who can't help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just as someone who climbs a mountain is more at risk than someone who just walks along a village lane.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have to go someplace where I can soak myself in a creative atmosphere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37648]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have to go someplace where I can soak myself in a creative atmosphere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You purchase pain with all that joy can give, And die of nothing but a rage to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45367]]></link><description><![CDATA[You purchase pain with all that joy can give, And die of nothing but a rage to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, no! The energy of life may be Kept on after the grave, but not begun;  And he who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20597]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, no! The energy of life may be Kept on after the grave, but not begun;  And he who flagg'd not in the earthly strife,   From strength to strength advancing--only he    His soul well-knit, and all his battles won,     Mounts, and that hardly, to eternal life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The waters wear the stones: thou washeth away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46157]]></link><description><![CDATA[The waters wear the stones: thou washeth away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did notsometimes taste of adversity, prosperity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21716]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did notsometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47567]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People aren't going to be happy if it goes down this way. I hope we get a simpler solution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35013]]></link><description><![CDATA[People aren't going to be happy if it goes down this way. I hope we get a simpler solution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Masters, it is proved already that you are little better than false knaves; and it will go near to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Masters, it is proved already that you are little better than false knaves; and it will go near to be thought so shortly. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But you have signed an agreement with the Russians! They will sell us oil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29706]]></link><description><![CDATA[But you have signed an agreement with the Russians! They will sell us oil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's when Mike asked if I'd throw. I've been under the weather, but then I thought I'd better help him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33507]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's when Mike asked if I'd throw. I've been under the weather, but then I thought I'd better help him out. He knows he has to prove himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew we were in for a game. It's elimination time. But when the home run came, it kind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40572]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew we were in for a game. It's elimination time. But when the home run came, it kind of gave us some relief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the whole picture beautiful and unique.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1109   Those blessed ones of thine... shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1109   Those blessed ones of thine... shall rejoice according as they shall love; and they shall love according as they shall know. How far they will know thee, Lord, then! and how much they will love thee!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First we kill all the subversives; then, their collaborators; later, those who sympathize with them; afterward, those who remain indifferent; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45155]]></link><description><![CDATA[First we kill all the subversives; then, their collaborators; later, those who sympathize with them; afterward, those who remain indifferent; and finally, the undecided.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What matters is not the length of the wand, but the magic in the stick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28108]]></link><description><![CDATA[What matters is not the length of the wand, but the magic in the stick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28739]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours that's relativity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next these learn'd Jonson in this list I bring Who had drunk deep of the Pierian Spring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Next these learn'd Jonson in this list I bring Who had drunk deep of the Pierian Spring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hark, the Herald Tribune sings, Advertising wondrous things! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hark, the Herald Tribune sings, Advertising wondrous things!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've got more scale and can do something with it, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33219]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've got more scale and can do something with it,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it seems that someone has shattered your dreams....pick up even the smallest of pieces and use them to build ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1478]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it seems that someone has shattered your dreams....pick up even the smallest of pieces and use them to build bigger and better dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The early heat-up in temperatures and the relatively few number of days with rain have definitely contributed to the early ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40992]]></link><description><![CDATA[The early heat-up in temperatures and the relatively few number of days with rain have definitely contributed to the early heat-up in housing sales.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up until now, the security situation across the country remains safe and under control. We will continue to stay fully ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Up until now, the security situation across the country remains safe and under control. We will continue to stay fully alert for future threats to security.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24656]]></link><description><![CDATA[The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12364]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All mass movements generate in their adherents a readiness to die and a proclivity for united action; all of them, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56858]]></link><description><![CDATA[All mass movements generate in their adherents a readiness to die and a proclivity for united action; all of them, irrespective of the doctrine they preach and the program they project, breed fanaticism, enthusiasm, fervent hope, hatred and intolerance; all of them are capable of releasing a powerful flow of activity in certain departments of life; all of them demand blind faith and singlehearted allegiance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is ample precedent for the Security Council to take up the human rights and political situation in a country ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30402]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is ample precedent for the Security Council to take up the human rights and political situation in a country with as horrific a record as Burma, especially when suffering spills across borders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We acquire the strength we have overcome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57966]]></link><description><![CDATA[We acquire the strength we have overcome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65317]]></link><description><![CDATA[To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace through strength – neutrinos through solid matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace through strength – neutrinos through solid matter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53887]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! rather give me commentators plain, Who with no deep researches vex the brain;  Who from the dark and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! rather give me commentators plain, Who with no deep researches vex the brain;  Who from the dark and doubtful love to run,   And hold their glimmering tapers to the sun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, sir, my liege, The kings your ancestors, together with  The natural bravery of your isle, which stands  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, sir, my liege, The kings your ancestors, together with  The natural bravery of your isle, which stands   As Neptune's park, ribbed and paled in    With rocks unscalable and roaring waters,     With sands that will not bear your enemies' boats      But suck them up to th' topmast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube. There are some things one would rather have done ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube. There are some things one would rather have done than do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45457]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is no hard matter to adhere to God while you are in the enjoyment of His comforts and consolations; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6559]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is no hard matter to adhere to God while you are in the enjoyment of His comforts and consolations; but if you would prove your fidelity to Him, you must be willing to follow Him through the paths of dryness and desertion. The truth of a friend is not known while he is receiving favours and benefits from us; but if he remain faithful to us when we treat him with coldness and neglect, it will be a proof of the sincerity of his attachment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14711]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65358]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60049]]></link><description><![CDATA[People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I felt a whole lot of stuff. I'm overwhelmed in this experience, ... I'm happy the coaching staff gave me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40540]]></link><description><![CDATA[I felt a whole lot of stuff. I'm overwhelmed in this experience, ... I'm happy the coaching staff gave me the opportunity to go out there and help. I just want to be a part, and it feels good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Virgin Mary   As out of Jesus' affliction came a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Virgin Mary   As out of Jesus' affliction came a new sense of God's love and a new basis for love between men, so out of our affliction we may grasp the splendor of God's love and how to love one another. Thus the consummation of the two commandments was on Golgotha; and the Cross is, at once, their image and their fulfillment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. -Thomas a Kempis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58930</guid></item></channel></rss>