<?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[We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51838]]></link><description><![CDATA[We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a man Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven  To serve the devil in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20229]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a man Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven  To serve the devil in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When love came first to earth, the Spring Spread rose-beds to receive him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54436]]></link><description><![CDATA[When love came first to earth, the Spring Spread rose-beds to receive him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A baby is God's opinion that life should go on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24991]]></link><description><![CDATA[A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23729]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect... and no. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2247]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect... and no.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diligence is the mother of good fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diligence is the mother of good fortune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who knows himself a braggart, Let him fear this; for it will come to pass  That every braggart shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who knows himself a braggart, Let him fear this; for it will come to pass  That every braggart shall be found an ass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9720]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't let the negativity given to you by the world disempower you. Instead give to yourself that which empowers you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't let the negativity given to you by the world disempower you. Instead give to yourself that which empowers you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich are different from you and me because they have more credit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15835]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich are different from you and me because they have more credit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Swallow and the CrowThe Swallow and the Crow had a contention about their plumage. The Crow put an end ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1529]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Swallow and the CrowThe Swallow and the Crow had a contention about their plumage. The Crow put an end to the dispute by saying, Your feathers are all very well in the spring, but mine protect me against the winter. Fair weather friends are not worth much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is not a virtue or value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is not a virtue or value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, ''Blessed are they that mourn.'' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58189]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, ''Blessed are they that mourn.'']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only test of leadership is that somebody follows. Lance Secretan, Industry Week, 10/12/98 -Robert K. Greenleaf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24470]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only test of leadership is that somebody follows. Lance Secretan, Industry Week, 10/12/98 -Robert K. Greenleaf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63167]]></link><description><![CDATA[We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The internal qualities once said to embody manhood- sure footedness, inner strength, confidence of purpose- are merchandised to men to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59022]]></link><description><![CDATA[The internal qualities once said to embody manhood- sure footedness, inner strength, confidence of purpose- are merchandised to men to enhance their manliness. What passes for masculinity is being extracted and sold back to men. Literally in the case of Viagra.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15100]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This heroism at command, this senseless violence, this accursed bombast of patriotism--how intensely I despise them! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45852]]></link><description><![CDATA[This heroism at command, this senseless violence, this accursed bombast of patriotism--how intensely I despise them!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He called me and said he loved me. I just lost it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32367]]></link><description><![CDATA[He called me and said he loved me. I just lost it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are some things that are not the way they should be, and even the indicators that are 'best-ever' status ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34097]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are some things that are not the way they should be, and even the indicators that are 'best-ever' status have room for improvement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poor and content is rich, and rich enough; But riches fineless is as poor as winter  To him that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poor and content is rich, and rich enough; But riches fineless is as poor as winter  To him that ever fears he shall be poor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The house a woman creates is a Utopia. She can't help it -- can't help trying to interest her nearest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19643]]></link><description><![CDATA[The house a woman creates is a Utopia. She can't help it -- can't help trying to interest her nearest and dearest not in happiness itself but in the search for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only one who can beat me is me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45022]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only one who can beat me is me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned something from every fight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29155]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned something from every fight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to protect each from the other]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179   Reading is good, hearing is good, conversation and meditation are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179   Reading is good, hearing is good, conversation and meditation are good; but then, they are only good at times and occasions, in a certain degree, and must be used and governed with such caution as we eat and drink and refresh ourselves, or they will bring forth in us the fruits of intemperance. But the spirit of prayer is for all times and occasions; it is a lamp that is to be always burning, a light to be ever shining: everything calls for it; everything is to be done in it and governed by it, because it is and means and wills nothing else but the totality of the soul -- not doing this or that, but wholly ... given up to God to be where and what and how He pleases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another lean unwashed artificer. -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Another lean unwashed artificer. -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a way winter is the real spring, the time when the inner things happen, the resurge of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54959]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a way winter is the real spring, the time when the inner things happen, the resurge of nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is an event that is growing, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31942]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is an event that is growing,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our goal from the beginning is to be the Suffolk County small school champion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our goal from the beginning is to be the Suffolk County small school champion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In 1992 and 1993, people thought I was crazy. Then, all my predictions started coming true, and I realized I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36671]]></link><description><![CDATA[In 1992 and 1993, people thought I was crazy. Then, all my predictions started coming true, and I realized I had better get the book out before people said I was just reporting the news.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the dowry is too large. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48608]]></link><description><![CDATA[It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the dowry is too large.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11915]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the things that we stress is never talk to a stranger. We tell them, 'Run away and tell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42394]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the things that we stress is never talk to a stranger. We tell them, 'Run away and tell your teacher, tell your mother, somebody you can trust. Always trust a policeman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth has not such an urgent air. [Fr., La verite n'a point cet air impetueux.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth has not such an urgent air. [Fr., La verite n'a point cet air impetueux.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite everybody who has been born and has died, the world has just gone on. I mean, look at Napoleon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21348]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despite everybody who has been born and has died, the world has just gone on. I mean, look at Napoleon --but we went right on. Look at Harpo Marx --the world went around, it didn't stop for a second. It's sad but true. John Kennedy, right?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion today is not transforming people; rather it is being transformed by the people. It is not raising the moral ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion today is not transforming people; rather it is being transformed by the people. It is not raising the moral level of society; it is descending to society's own level, and congratulating itself that it has scored a victory because society is smilingly accepting its surrender.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned just enough in school to figure out that everything is not all there is to know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54765]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned just enough in school to figure out that everything is not all there is to know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All somebody had to do was throw a cigarette out and we have a disaster, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35568]]></link><description><![CDATA[All somebody had to do was throw a cigarette out and we have a disaster,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When reality becomes unbearable, the mind must withdraw from it and create a world of artificial perfection. Plato's world of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56788]]></link><description><![CDATA[When reality becomes unbearable, the mind must withdraw from it and create a world of artificial perfection. Plato's world of pure Ideas and Forms, which alone is to be considered as real, whereas the world of nature which we perceive is merely its cheap Woolworth copy, is a flight into delusion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resolve, and thou art free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resolve, and thou art free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53964</guid></item></channel></rss>