<?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[Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If they avoid an area because of development, it's not usually a matter of them being able to go somewhere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30977]]></link><description><![CDATA[If they avoid an area because of development, it's not usually a matter of them being able to go somewhere else, ... Eventually, we are going to lose that population.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. - Nursery Rhymes of England, 1844. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46274]]></link><description><![CDATA[If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. - Nursery Rhymes of England, 1844.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066  If every call to Christ and His righteousness is a call to suffering, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066  If every call to Christ and His righteousness is a call to suffering, the converse is equally -- every call to suffering is a call to Christ, a promotion, an invitation to come up higher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which the world miscalls a jail, A private closet is to me.  . . . .   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48263]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which the world miscalls a jail, A private closet is to me.  . . . .   Locks, bars, and solitude together met,    Make me no prisoner, but an anchoret.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to run faster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28251]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to run faster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belief in law is essential to the philosophical conception of prayer. If the universe were a mere chaos of chances, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Belief in law is essential to the philosophical conception of prayer. If the universe were a mere chaos of chances, or if it were a result of absolute necessity, there would be no place for intelligent prayer; but if it is under the control of a Lawgiver, wise and merciful, not a mere manager of material machinery, but a true Father of all, then we can come to such a Being with our requests -- not in the belief that we change His great plans, nor that any advantage could result from this if it were possible, but that these plans may be made in his boundless wisdom and love to meet our necessities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13144]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65565]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To offend and judge are distinct offices, And of opposed natures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23518]]></link><description><![CDATA[To offend and judge are distinct offices, And of opposed natures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46723]]></link><description><![CDATA[We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ZEAL, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62641]]></link><description><![CDATA[ZEAL, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The "now" wherein God made the first man, and the "now" wherein the last man disappears, and the "now" I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8401]]></link><description><![CDATA[The "now" wherein God made the first man, and the "now" wherein the last man disappears, and the "now" I am speaking in, all are the same in God, where this is but the now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy comes from using your potential. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy comes from using your potential.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be quotable than to be honest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52888]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be quotable than to be honest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see, but cannot reach, the height That lies forever in the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2328]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see, but cannot reach, the height That lies forever in the light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope that Iran will not become an obstacle to peace and security in Iraq. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40143]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope that Iran will not become an obstacle to peace and security in Iraq.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt - it is sure to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43911]]></link><description><![CDATA[What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt - it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let echo, too, perform her part, Prolonging every note with art;  And in a low expiring strain,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let echo, too, perform her part, Prolonging every note with art;  And in a low expiring strain,   Play all the comfort o'er again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now we are inundated with stuff, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now we are inundated with stuff,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pretty and sweet manner of it forced Those waters from me which I would have stopped;  But I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43210]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pretty and sweet manner of it forced Those waters from me which I would have stopped;  But I had not so much of man in me,   And all my mother came into mine eyes    And gave me up to tears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was nice being offered the role and not having to audition, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29124]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was nice being offered the role and not having to audition,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. . . . Decency is very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11574]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. . . . Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always wondered if I was supposed to be excellent at something or not. I think, because of that, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31836]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always wondered if I was supposed to be excellent at something or not. I think, because of that, I have a lot of insecurities about myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath little is the lesse durtie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49350]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath little is the lesse durtie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to believe in God before you can say there are things that man was not meant to know. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1260]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to believe in God before you can say there are things that man was not meant to know. I don't think there's anything man wasn't meant to know. There are just some stupid things that people shouldn't do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18692]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I should think your tongue has broken its chain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59484]]></link><description><![CDATA[I should think your tongue has broken its chain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the documents he inadvertently left behind was a draft of a document proclaiming himself as president once again, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35866]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the documents he inadvertently left behind was a draft of a document proclaiming himself as president once again,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tehran is very expensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tehran is very expensive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This problem with the President makes it even dimmer yet, ... He's hurt by this. No question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40705]]></link><description><![CDATA[This problem with the President makes it even dimmer yet, ... He's hurt by this. No question.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a very surprising turn of events. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33706]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a very surprising turn of events.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff--it is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff--it is a palliative rather than a remedy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just fell in love with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39504]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just fell in love with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then the nun-like twilight came, violent vestured and still, And the night's first star outshone afar on the eve of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then the nun-like twilight came, violent vestured and still, And the night's first star outshone afar on the eve of Bunker Hill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most dangerous man in the world is the contemplative who is guided by nobody. He trusts his own visions. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7617]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most dangerous man in the world is the contemplative who is guided by nobody. He trusts his own visions. He obeys the attractions of an interior voice but will not listen to other men. He identifies the will of God with anything that makes him feel, within his own heart, a big, warm, sweet interior glow. The sweeter and the warmer the feeling is, the more he is convinced of his own infallibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19926]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star sign. In Houston you're told how rich they are. And in New York they tell you what their rent is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The force of truth that a statement imparts, then, its prominence among the hordes of recorded observations that I may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2131]]></link><description><![CDATA[The force of truth that a statement imparts, then, its prominence among the hordes of recorded observations that I may optionally apply to my own life, depends, in addition to the sense that it is argumentatively defensible, on the sense that someone like me, and someone I like, whose voice is audible and who is at least notionally in the same room with me, does or can possibly hold it to be compellingly true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make the iron hot by striking it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make the iron hot by striking it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy's bonfire spread. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47694]]></link><description><![CDATA[And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy's bonfire spread.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can pull all the facility services in one place, so that we no longer have students running in so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41451]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can pull all the facility services in one place, so that we no longer have students running in so many directions to get their wellness needs. It is our opportunity to give students more services and big space in a more modern fashion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woe to the house where there is no chiding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woe to the house where there is no chiding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46114]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3163]]></link><description><![CDATA[The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3163</guid></item></channel></rss>