<?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[Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This casket threatens; men that hazard all Do it in hope of fair advantages.  A golden mind stoops not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17141]]></link><description><![CDATA[This casket threatens; men that hazard all Do it in hope of fair advantages.  A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross;   I'll then nor give nor hazard aught for lead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's starting to show up more and more in the right place. He's highly competitive. And once he gets comfortable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31410]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's starting to show up more and more in the right place. He's highly competitive. And once he gets comfortable with it, he's going to be a hell of a player.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hire tea by the tea bag. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41915]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hire tea by the tea bag.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future influences the present just as much as the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20845]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future influences the present just as much as the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People think families like that are the exception, but they aren't. Unfortunately, great families are torn apart every day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42183]]></link><description><![CDATA[People think families like that are the exception, but they aren't. Unfortunately, great families are torn apart every day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15268]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. Allthese things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering, are outside my door. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22394]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. Allthese things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering, are outside my door. I amin the house and I have the key.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a manner which matches the fortuity, if not the consequence, of Archimedes' bath and Newton's apple, the 3.6 million ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9347]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a manner which matches the fortuity, if not the consequence, of Archimedes' bath and Newton's apple, the 3.6 million year old fossil footprints were eventually noticed one evening in September 1976 by the paleontologist Andrew Hill, who fell while avoiding a ball of elephant dung hurled at him by the ecologist David Western.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20768]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thou art terrible to many, then beware of many. [Lat., Multis terribilis, caveto multos.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51953]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thou art terrible to many, then beware of many. [Lat., Multis terribilis, caveto multos.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12511]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand our disorder, and half cured when we do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you be a lover of instruction, you will be well instructed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58751]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you be a lover of instruction, you will be well instructed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12122]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12122</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[A restaurant is a fantasy-a kind of living fantasy in which diners are the most important members of the cast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15301]]></link><description><![CDATA[A restaurant is a fantasy-a kind of living fantasy in which diners are the most important members of the cast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palm Sunday Feast of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980 Commemoration of Paul Couturier, Priest, Ecumenist, 1953  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Palm Sunday Feast of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980 Commemoration of Paul Couturier, Priest, Ecumenist, 1953   In this state of things I saw no remedy but faith and patience. The passage of Scripture which subdued and controlled my mind was this, "The servant of the Lord must not strive." It was painful indeed to see the church, with the exception of the aisles, almost forsaken; but I thought that if God would only give a double blessing to the congregation that did attend, there would on the whole be as much good done as if the congregation were doubled and the blessing limited to only half the amount. This comforted me many, many times, when, without such a reflection, I should have sunk under my burden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is his own worst enemy. [Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is his own worst enemy. [Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is entitled to the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1023]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is entitled to the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own experiences is to put a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14651]]></link><description><![CDATA[To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one's life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If he is called, either because I want to examine him, or because the commissioner grants any application that might ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38439]]></link><description><![CDATA[If he is called, either because I want to examine him, or because the commissioner grants any application that might be made(to cross-examine Mr Howard), I hope we can do it on Thursday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one wants advice -- only corroboration. - The Winter of Our Discontent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1266]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one wants advice -- only corroboration. - The Winter of Our Discontent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had it when it's 20 below and people still go out there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33309]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had it when it's 20 below and people still go out there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bees work for man, and yet they never bruise Their Master's flower, but leave it having done,  As fair ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bees work for man, and yet they never bruise Their Master's flower, but leave it having done,  As fair as ever and as fit to use;   So both the flower doth stay and honey run.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes. [Lat., Conscientia rectae voluntatis maxima consolatio est rerum incommodarum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42798]]></link><description><![CDATA[The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes. [Lat., Conscientia rectae voluntatis maxima consolatio est rerum incommodarum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm happy the queen will be here when the government may fall. It's a great civics lesson. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38461]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm happy the queen will be here when the government may fall. It's a great civics lesson.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43605]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Cross  If I am afraid to speak the truth lest I lose affection, or lest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Cross  If I am afraid to speak the truth lest I lose affection, or lest the one concerned should say, "You do not understand", or because I fear to lose my reputation for kindness; if I put my own good name before the other's highest good, then I know nothing of Calvary love. If I am content to heal a hurt slightly, saying peace, peace, where there is no peace; if I forget the poignant words, "Let love be without dissimulation" and blunt the edge of truth, speaking not right things but smooth things, then I know nothing of Calvary love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I know is what I read in the papers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44488]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I know is what I read in the papers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little experience often upsets a lot of theory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/818]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little experience often upsets a lot of theory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truest smiles are those which spread across our faces when no one's watching us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65701]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truest smiles are those which spread across our faces when no one's watching us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by no means over yet. We have an enormous day ahead of us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41645]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by no means over yet. We have an enormous day ahead of us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22029]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a stricken deer that left the herd Long since. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42802]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a stricken deer that left the herd Long since.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and six bars of that. Glenn Gould said that with a recording he wanted to make perfect versions of pieces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seems like Tokyo stocks hit the short-term bottom on Monday. Now investors are comfortable about buying and giving a positive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seems like Tokyo stocks hit the short-term bottom on Monday. Now investors are comfortable about buying and giving a positive reaction to good corporate earnings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25014]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. -Fr. Alfred D'Souza.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52362]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem: we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves. It needs inordinate self-confidence to face drastic change without inner trembling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27546</guid></item></channel></rss>