<?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[Nothing under the sun is accidental, least of all that of which the intention is so clearly evident. [Ger., Nichts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing under the sun is accidental, least of all that of which the intention is so clearly evident. [Ger., Nichts unter der Sonne ist Zufall--am wenigsten das wovon die Absicht so klar in die Augen leuchtet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-trust is the first secret of success ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-trust is the first secret of success]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But would you sing, and rival Orpheus' strain. The wond'ring forests soon should dance again;  The moving mountains hear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56465]]></link><description><![CDATA[But would you sing, and rival Orpheus' strain. The wond'ring forests soon should dance again;  The moving mountains hear the powerful call.   And headlong streams hand listening in their fall!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even people who aren't sick may not have optimal wellness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even people who aren't sick may not have optimal wellness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24430]]></link><description><![CDATA[The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5547]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have no critics you'll likely have no success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22364]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fish adores the bait. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49853]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fish adores the bait.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's nothing that allays an angry mind So soon as a sweet beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3835]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's nothing that allays an angry mind So soon as a sweet beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grades are a problem. On the most general level, they're an explicit acknowledgment that what you're doing is insufficiently interesting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grades are a problem. On the most general level, they're an explicit acknowledgment that what you're doing is insufficiently interesting or rewarding for you to do it on your own. Nobody ever gave you a grade for learning how to play, how to ride a bicycle, or how to kiss. One of the best ways to destroy love for any of these activities would be through the use of grades, and the coercion and judgment they represent. Grades are a cudgel to bludgeon the unwilling into doing what they don't want to do, an important instrument in inculcating children into a lifelong subservience to whatever authority happens to be thrust over them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimist: Day-dreamer more elegantly spelled ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimist: Day-dreamer more elegantly spelled]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are cautiously investigating the deaths with murder, murder by contract and other possible charges in mind. I was the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36528]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are cautiously investigating the deaths with murder, murder by contract and other possible charges in mind. I was the person in charge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1680]]></link><description><![CDATA[To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the sea intoning, Only the wainscot-mouse,  Only the wild wind moaning   Over the lonely house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the sea intoning, Only the wainscot-mouse,  Only the wild wind moaning   Over the lonely house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indolence is a delightful but distressing state, we must be doing something to be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indolence is a delightful but distressing state, we must be doing something to be happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62261]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as a completed concept. It almost seems like a discovery, as if the story was always there. The few elements I start out with are actually clues. If I figure out what they mean, I can discover the story that's waiting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can only be forgiven not forgotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can only be forgiven not forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quit worrying about your health. It'll go away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quit worrying about your health. It'll go away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to find the courage to say NO to the things and people that are not serving us if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10395]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to find the courage to say NO to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AT&T ISNN is designed to help users understand potential threats and to help them better protect themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34182]]></link><description><![CDATA[AT&T ISNN is designed to help users understand potential threats and to help them better protect themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20071]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. 'Oh, no,' I said, 'Disneyland burned down.' He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600 Commemoration of Martin of Porres, Dominican Friar, 1639   There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600 Commemoration of Martin of Porres, Dominican Friar, 1639   There is no defect in Scripture, so anyone may "have the light of his natural understanding so completed... that there can be no want of needful instruction" for any good work God would have that person do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9818]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16651]]></link><description><![CDATA[When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65854]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53865]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[His posse of longtime pals provides another outlet.] They carry on like your classic 'boys will be boys,' ... knows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29123]]></link><description><![CDATA[[His posse of longtime pals provides another outlet.] They carry on like your classic 'boys will be boys,' ... knows who his friends are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citizenship consists in the service of the country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Citizenship consists in the service of the country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is more eloquent than words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is more eloquent than words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10949]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2289]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pirates could happen to anyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pirates could happen to anyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16130]]></link><description><![CDATA[If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bias and impartiality is in the eye of the beholder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bias and impartiality is in the eye of the beholder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21343]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64429]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45579]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, he that cuts off twenty years of life Cuts off so many years of fearing death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, he that cuts off twenty years of life Cuts off so many years of fearing death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53414]]></link><description><![CDATA[In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. [Ephesians 1:7].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the devil does not exist, and man has therefore created him, he has created him in his own image ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12123]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the devil does not exist, and man has therefore created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am always ready to learn although I do not always like to be taught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24584]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am always ready to learn although I do not always like to be taught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62268]]></link><description><![CDATA[This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy in our great men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62268</guid></item></channel></rss>