<?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[It's after the rebuilding and getting back into a new home that people may realize the impact of the tornado. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36198]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's after the rebuilding and getting back into a new home that people may realize the impact of the tornado.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an article of faith in my creed to pick the man who does not take himself seriously, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22217]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an article of faith in my creed to pick the man who does not take himself seriously, but does take his work seriously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted. [Lat., Nemo unquam sapiens proditori credendum putavit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59639]]></link><description><![CDATA[No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted. [Lat., Nemo unquam sapiens proditori credendum putavit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love -- time is eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Into the woods, my Master went, Clean forspent, forspent,  Into the woods my Master came,   Forspent with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Into the woods, my Master went, Clean forspent, forspent,  Into the woods my Master came,   Forspent with love and shame.    But the olives they were not blind to Him,     The little gray leaves were kind to Him:      The thorn-tree had a mind to Him,       When into the woods He came.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of us (perfectionists, especially) fuss so much over making the 'right' choice, but in life, all that's really needed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of us (perfectionists, especially) fuss so much over making the 'right' choice, but in life, all that's really needed is to make any' good' choice, believe in it, go through with it, and accept the consequences.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3783]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men, for the sake of getting a living forget to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men, for the sake of getting a living forget to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communism has nothing to do with love. Communism is an excellent hammer which we use to destroy our enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Communism has nothing to do with love. Communism is an excellent hammer which we use to destroy our enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He could afford to suffer With those whom he saw suffer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58211]]></link><description><![CDATA[He could afford to suffer With those whom he saw suffer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A word to the wise ain't necessary -- it's the stupid ones who need the advice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/810]]></link><description><![CDATA[A word to the wise ain't necessary -- it's the stupid ones who need the advice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988  Faith is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988  Faith is not the holding of correct doctrines, but personal fellowship with the Living God... What is offered to man's apprehension in any specific revelation is not truth concerning God but the Living God Himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A banquet will be held for the kids at the Jewett Sportsmen Club in the evening so they can share ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40120]]></link><description><![CDATA[A banquet will be held for the kids at the Jewett Sportsmen Club in the evening so they can share experiences. There will be someone to do the meat processing at a reduced cost. If they do not have use for the deer, it will donated to a local food pantry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody deserves forgiveness and second chances, but not for the same mistake... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody deserves forgiveness and second chances, but not for the same mistake...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22407]]></link><description><![CDATA[A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington is the only state with a positive balance of trade with China, something we are very proud of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Washington is the only state with a positive balance of trade with China, something we are very proud of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For several years, people weren't quite sure what fantasy football was. But the NFL did a survey two years ago ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36060]]></link><description><![CDATA[For several years, people weren't quite sure what fantasy football was. But the NFL did a survey two years ago where they found out the people who play fantasy football actually are their season-ticket holders. So now we've turned a corner from, 'Is this gambling?' to the realization that, 'Hey, this a fun hobby played by a lot of our fans.' And for the most part, it's bragging rights -- not money -- that people are after in fantasy football.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're fortunate we didn't have any additional fatalities, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30266]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're fortunate we didn't have any additional fatalities,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64790]]></link><description><![CDATA[I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world goes whispering to its own, "This anguish pierces to the bone;"  And tender friends go sighing round, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12004]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world goes whispering to its own, "This anguish pierces to the bone;"  And tender friends go sighing round,   "What love can ever cure this wound?"    My days go on, my days go on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journalists prize independence - not teamwork, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Journalists prize independence - not teamwork,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear Ted: Thanks for the invitation to question four distinguished liberal journalists. But 11:30 PM is long past my bedtime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dear Ted: Thanks for the invitation to question four distinguished liberal journalists. But 11:30 PM is long past my bedtime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think like a man of action and act like a man of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think like a man of action and act like a man of thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another fresh new year is here . . .Another year to live!To banish worry, doubt, and fear,To love and laugh ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Another fresh new year is here . . .Another year to live!To banish worry, doubt, and fear,To love and laugh and give!This bright new year is given meTo live each day with zest . . .To daily grow and try to beMy highest and my best!I have the opportunityOnce more to right some wrongs,To pray for peace, to plant a tree,And sing more joyful songs!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In solitude, where we are least alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57157]]></link><description><![CDATA[In solitude, where we are least alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19890]]></link><description><![CDATA[A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart is commonly reached, not through the reason, but through the imagination, by means of direct impressions, by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7274]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart is commonly reached, not through the reason, but through the imagination, by means of direct impressions, by the testimony of facts and events, by history, by description. Persons influence us, voices melt us, looks subdue us, deeds inflame us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['That is indisputable,' was the answer, 'but in this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25233]]></link><description><![CDATA['That is indisputable,' was the answer, 'but in this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On fair Britania's isle, bright bird, A legend strange is told of thee,--  'Tis said thy blithesome song was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54340]]></link><description><![CDATA[On fair Britania's isle, bright bird, A legend strange is told of thee,--  'Tis said thy blithesome song was hushed   While Christ toiled up Mount Calvary,    Bowed 'neath the sins of all mankind;     And humbled to the very dust      By the vile cross, while viler men       Mocked with a crown of thorns the Just.        Pierced by our sorrows, and weighed down         By our transgressions,--faint and weak,          Crushed by an angry Judge's frown,           And agonies no word can speak,--            'Twas then, dear bird, the legend says             That thou, from out His crown, didst tear              The thorns, to lighten the distress               And ease the pain that he must bear,                While pendant from thy tiny beak                 The gory points thy bosom pressed,                  And crimsoned with thy Saviour's blood                   The sober brownness of thy breast!                    Since which proud hour for thee and thine.                     As an especial sign of grace                      God pours like sacramental wine                       Red signs of favor o'er thy race!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51281]]></link><description><![CDATA[So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spiritual progress is like detoxification. Things have to come up in order to be released. Once we have asked to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spiritual progress is like detoxification. Things have to come up in order to be released. Once we have asked to be healed, then our unhealed places are forced to the surface.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayers and provender hinder no journey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayers and provender hinder no journey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be happy while y'er leevin, For y'er a lang time deid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be happy while y'er leevin, For y'er a lang time deid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11625]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Running is my church. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Running is my church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Union is river, lake, ocean, and sky: Man breaks not the medal, when God cuts the die!  Though ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our Union is river, lake, ocean, and sky: Man breaks not the medal, when God cuts the die!  Though darkened with sulphur, though cloven with steel,   The blue arch will brighten, the waters will heal!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36859]]></link><description><![CDATA[A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mask of gold hides all deformities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9476]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mask of gold hides all deformities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people thrive under pressure, but pressure can also ruin your performance, it can push you down angles which you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people thrive under pressure, but pressure can also ruin your performance, it can push you down angles which you don't want to go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For half a second, I wondered if I was dreaming. I saw something flickering, and I knew I was not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29773]]></link><description><![CDATA[For half a second, I wondered if I was dreaming. I saw something flickering, and I knew I was not dreaming.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top him, nor from his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal to him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14111</guid></item></channel></rss>