<?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 am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66140]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a possibilist. I believe that humanity is master of its own fate... Before we can change direction, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12587]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a possibilist. I believe that humanity is master of its own fate... Before we can change direction, we have to question many of the assumptions underlying our current philosophy. Assumptions like bigger is better; you can't stop progress; no speed is too fast; globalization is good. Then we have to replace them with some different assumptions: small is beautiful; roots and traditions are worth preserving; variety is the spice of life; the only work worth doing is meaningful work; biodiversity is the necessary pre-condition for human survival.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And nobler is a limited command, Given by the love of all your native land,  Than a successive title, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25958]]></link><description><![CDATA[And nobler is a limited command, Given by the love of all your native land,  Than a successive title, long and dark,   Drawn from the mouldy rolls of Noah's Ark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men shut their doors against the setting sun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men shut their doors against the setting sun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love every aspect of being a woman. I believe you should celebrate who you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66792]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love every aspect of being a woman. I believe you should celebrate who you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Food for powder, food for powder; they 'll fill a pit as well as better. -King Henry IV. Part I. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Food for powder, food for powder; they 'll fill a pit as well as better. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17249]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64157]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[..the Bill of Rights does not come from the people and is not subject to change by majorities. It comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47417]]></link><description><![CDATA[..the Bill of Rights does not come from the people and is not subject to change by majorities. It comes from the nature of things. It declares the inalienable rights of man not only against all government but also against the people collectively.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father, now in heaven, is a keeper of the birds. And his eye is on his sparrow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48508]]></link><description><![CDATA[My father, now in heaven, is a keeper of the birds. And his eye is on his sparrow]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The front row of people is 50 feet away, which throws you off. But the crowd reaction was pretty amazing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32466]]></link><description><![CDATA[The front row of people is 50 feet away, which throws you off. But the crowd reaction was pretty amazing, from what I could see. Rocking that many people, that's something I'd like to get used to doing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on. -King Henry VI. Part III. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55992]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on. -King Henry VI. Part III. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39493]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times I see bald eagles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's so much better to desire than to have... The moment of desire, when you know something is going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29460]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's so much better to desire than to have... The moment of desire, when you know something is going to happen - that's the most exalting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her treading would not bend a blade of grass, Or shake the downy blow-ball from his stalk! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her treading would not bend a blade of grass, Or shake the downy blow-ball from his stalk!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A very ancient and fish-like smell. -The Tempest. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56095]]></link><description><![CDATA[A very ancient and fish-like smell. -The Tempest. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dishonesty, cowardice and duplicity are never impulsive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dishonesty, cowardice and duplicity are never impulsive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we don't knock it back now it's just going to get worse and worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33558]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we don't knock it back now it's just going to get worse and worse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wise man questions the wisdom of others because he questions his own, the foolish man, because it is different ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52781]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wise man questions the wisdom of others because he questions his own, the foolish man, because it is different from his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool hath no dialogue within himself, the first thought carrieth him without the reply of a second. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52087]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool hath no dialogue within himself, the first thought carrieth him without the reply of a second.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In that environment, it's only natural to expect the switch from labor into technology. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31063]]></link><description><![CDATA[In that environment, it's only natural to expect the switch from labor into technology.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22023]]></link><description><![CDATA[The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves is wrong. We get so identified with an idea that it is literally a "pet" notion and we rise to its defense and stop our eyes and ears to anything different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom lies in being bold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom lies in being bold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of time and death; have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25338]]></link><description><![CDATA[We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of time and death; have suffered the pain of loss, and the more wearing, continuous pain of frustration and failure; and have had moods of unlooked-for release and peace. They have known and watched in themselves and others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus There is a stream, whose gentle flow Supplies the city of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus There is a stream, whose gentle flow Supplies the city of our God; Life, love, and joy still gliding through, And watering our divine abode: That sacred stream, thine holy word, That all our raging fear controls; Sweet peace thy promises afford, And give new strength to fainting souls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of one book. [Lat., Homo unius libri.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4527]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of one book. [Lat., Homo unius libri.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People now realize there are opportunities to move up in the department as a whole. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29278]]></link><description><![CDATA[People now realize there are opportunities to move up in the department as a whole.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded. That all the Apostles would have done as they did. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded. That all the Apostles would have done as they did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True glory strikes root, and even extends itself; all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can any feigned thing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48177]]></link><description><![CDATA[True glory strikes root, and even extends itself; all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can any feigned thing be lasting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Done to death by slanderous tongues Was the Hero that here lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Done to death by slanderous tongues Was the Hero that here lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47546]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is bad to live for necessity; but there is no necessity to live in necessity. [Lat., Malum est necessitati ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44062]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is bad to live for necessity; but there is no necessity to live in necessity. [Lat., Malum est necessitati vivere; sed in necessitate vivere necessitas nulla est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty is not the root cause of crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty is not the root cause of crime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belief in our mortality, the sense that we are eventually going to crack up and be extinguished like the flame ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Belief in our mortality, the sense that we are eventually going to crack up and be extinguished like the flame of a candle, I say, is a gloriously fine thing. It makes us sober; it makes us a little sad; and many of us it makes poetic. But above all,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There have been a couple times when it was a Monday morning quarterback-type thing. Things where I wish I had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33506]]></link><description><![CDATA[There have been a couple times when it was a Monday morning quarterback-type thing. Things where I wish I had rested a little more or could have been more aggressive in a meet. It's not anything major, just little things here and there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49580]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23698]]></link><description><![CDATA[If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good, and the very gentle, and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too, but there will be no special hurry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age comes at a bad time. -San Banducci. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age comes at a bad time. -San Banducci.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6098]]></link><description><![CDATA[The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52673]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to do it yourself, no one else will do it for you. You must work out your own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20718]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to do it yourself, no one else will do it for you. You must work out your own salvation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47519]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is never finished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is never finished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea. [He that will learn to pray, let him go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49411]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea. [He that will learn to pray, let him go to Sea.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is more of bitterness than good nature in him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50515]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This has been a Benny Goodman-type market, ... lots of swing, and it's very, very difficult to get a handle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28647]]></link><description><![CDATA[This has been a Benny Goodman-type market, ... lots of swing, and it's very, very difficult to get a handle on long-term positioning when the market is moving up and down so rapidly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clothes make the man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clothes make the man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12976</guid></item></channel></rss>