<?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[In spite of the young lineup, we will be competitive and have a quicker overall team. Last year was one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35230]]></link><description><![CDATA[In spite of the young lineup, we will be competitive and have a quicker overall team. Last year was one of the best Council Bluffs soccer seasons. This year will be new and different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any person who recognizes this greatest power... the power to choose. Begins to realize that he is the one that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any person who recognizes this greatest power... the power to choose. Begins to realize that he is the one that is doing the choosing and that friends, although they mean well, cannot do his choosing for him, nor can his relatives. Consequently, he develops real self-confidence based upon his own ability, upon his own action, and upon his own initiative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no vice so simple but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60510]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no vice so simple but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Martyr, 1536  Every man is a missionary, now and forever, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Martyr, 1536  Every man is a missionary, now and forever, for good or for evil, whether he intends or designs it or not. He may be a blot radiating his dark influence outward to the very circumference of society, or he may be a blessing spreading benediction over the length and breadth of the world. But a blank he cannot be: there are no moral blanks; there are no neutral characters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24459]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship needs no words—it is a loneliness relieved of the anguish of loneliness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship needs no words—it is a loneliness relieved of the anguish of loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582   God has been very good to me, for I never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582   God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very much a sensitivity model; you don't know what your business looks like a month out. If it rains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32472]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very much a sensitivity model; you don't know what your business looks like a month out. If it rains tomorrow, or it rains for the next week, then you're missing your entire month or quarter. It's a thin business as far as margins are concerned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods,  Oh! 'tis a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods,  Oh! 'tis a dreadful interval of time,   Filled up with horror all, and big with death!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who's General Failure and why's he reading my disk? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who's General Failure and why's he reading my disk?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact is knowing how far to go too far. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact is knowing how far to go too far.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45080]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I said, 'Mommy, this important news. This needs to get out. We ran it by the vice president and he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39555]]></link><description><![CDATA[I said, 'Mommy, this important news. This needs to get out. We ran it by the vice president and he was very mindful of his role as a guest. He said something along the lines of, 'You all do whatever you are comfortable with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're happy to support organizations like the YMCA that support great programs in the communities that we serve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34618]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're happy to support organizations like the YMCA that support great programs in the communities that we serve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What used to seem inappropriate has become commonplace. The question is: Is Discovery going to make clear about whether Disney ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32181]]></link><description><![CDATA[What used to seem inappropriate has become commonplace. The question is: Is Discovery going to make clear about whether Disney funded the programs or provided any services? Essentially, if it's nothing more than an infomercial, will it be presented as such? Or will it be presented as an independent production that's separate from promoting a theme park?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we speak of the commerce with our colonies, fiction lags after truth, invention is unfruitful, and imagination cold and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5019]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we speak of the commerce with our colonies, fiction lags after truth, invention is unfruitful, and imagination cold and barren.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tom he was a piper's son, He learned to play when he was young;  Bug all the tune that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tom he was a piper's son, He learned to play when he was young;  Bug all the tune that he could play   Was "Over the hills and far away."   - Unattributed Author,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58057]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who foretells the future lies, even if he tells the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24793]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who foretells the future lies, even if he tells the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57265]]></link><description><![CDATA[What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nucleus is there on the line, but the depth is a major, major question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31718]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nucleus is there on the line, but the depth is a major, major question.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was young I observed that nine out of every ten things I did were failures, so I did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12306]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was young I observed that nine out of every ten things I did were failures, so I did ten times more work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50864]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. -Hans Margolius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If someone is blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13676]]></link><description><![CDATA[If someone is blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People Some people are like wheelbarrows; useful only when pushed, and very easily upset. The time to stop talking is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22646]]></link><description><![CDATA[People Some people are like wheelbarrows; useful only when pushed, and very easily upset. The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whales, you see, eat up the little fish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16065]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whales, you see, eat up the little fish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49125]]></link><description><![CDATA[An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64379]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is the study of lies, anyway, because no witness ever recalls events with total accuracy, not even eyewitnesses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19406]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is the study of lies, anyway, because no witness ever recalls events with total accuracy, not even eyewitnesses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are very, very provoked, ... They are boiling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28534]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are very, very provoked, ... They are boiling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christians in general are far too eager to urge special exceptions when they hear these charges [of corruption in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christians in general are far too eager to urge special exceptions when they hear these charges [of corruption in the church] preferred; far too ready to make out a case for themselves while they admit their application to others; far too ready to think that the cause of God is interested in the suppression of facts. The prophets should have taught us a different lesson. They should have led us to feel that it was a solemn duty, not to conceal, but to bring forward all the evidence which proves, not that one country is better than another, or one portion of the church better than another, but that there is a principle of decay, a tendency to apostasy in all, and that no comfort can come from merely balancing symptoms of good here against symptoms of evil there, no comfort from considering whether we are a little less contentious, a little less idolatrous than our neighbors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easy is an adjective used to describe a woman who has the sexual morals of a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Easy is an adjective used to describe a woman who has the sexual morals of a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then none was for a party; Than all were for the state;  Then the great man helped the poor, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then none was for a party; Than all were for the state;  Then the great man helped the poor,   And the poor man loved the great:    Then lands were fairly portioned;     Then spoils were fairly sold:      The Romans were like brothers       In the brave days of old.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will give us a chance to get better markets up here because there's more demand for the corn and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40448]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will give us a chance to get better markets up here because there's more demand for the corn and more uses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more they drink the more they thirst. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50773]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more they drink the more they thirst.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The temple of art is built of words. Painting and sculpture and music are but the blazon of its windows, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3185]]></link><description><![CDATA[The temple of art is built of words. Painting and sculpture and music are but the blazon of its windows, borrowing all their significance from the light, and suggestive only of the temple's uses.   - Josiah Gilbert Holland (used pseudonym Timothy Titcomb),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In winter, places look very different, and it gives a feeling of exploration. It rejuvenates you for the coming week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29032]]></link><description><![CDATA[In winter, places look very different, and it gives a feeling of exploration. It rejuvenates you for the coming week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39550]]></link><description><![CDATA[People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39550</guid></item></channel></rss>