<?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[The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25339]]></link><description><![CDATA[The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you reach the heart of life you shall find beauty in all things, even in the eyes that are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3814]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you reach the heart of life you shall find beauty in all things, even in the eyes that are blind to beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people who are participating in this boycott are simply letting everybody know that we have an impact. The people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28774]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people who are participating in this boycott are simply letting everybody know that we have an impact. The people organizing this want to make sure the message is positive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you can not do what you wish, you should wish what you can do. [Lat., Quoniam id fieri quod ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61792]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you can not do what you wish, you should wish what you can do. [Lat., Quoniam id fieri quod vis non potest  Id velis quod possis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know. - Reflections on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27734]]></link><description><![CDATA[To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know. - Reflections on Life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Familiar acts are beautiful through love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Familiar acts are beautiful through love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have not the time to take our time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64203]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have not the time to take our time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Censorship in any form is the enemy of creativity, since it cuts off the life blood of creativity: ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Censorship in any form is the enemy of creativity, since it cuts off the life blood of creativity: ideas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two psychiatrists have evaluated him at our request, and they both conclude that he does not meet the standard of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two psychiatrists have evaluated him at our request, and they both conclude that he does not meet the standard of competence and should go to Lakes Crossing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51892]]></link><description><![CDATA[As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The happiest business in all the world is that of making friends, And no investment on the street pays larger ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17004]]></link><description><![CDATA[The happiest business in all the world is that of making friends, And no investment on the street pays larger dividends, For life is more than stocks and bonds, and love than rate percent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: Because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11123]]></link><description><![CDATA[For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:  And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23703]]></link><description><![CDATA[One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's sloppy and it's chaotic, but the degree to which it improves precision in the retrieval process can be quite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30418]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's sloppy and it's chaotic, but the degree to which it improves precision in the retrieval process can be quite significant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters: These see the works of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56164]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters: These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13611]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63178]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The song on its mighty pinions Took every living soul, and lifted it gently to heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57219]]></link><description><![CDATA[The song on its mighty pinions Took every living soul, and lifted it gently to heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is curiosity, quite right-a divine curiosity. A characteristic of the gods is curiosity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33240]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is curiosity, quite right-a divine curiosity. A characteristic of the gods is curiosity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We purposely created Bob out of the ashes of George. I would be insane not to measure things against 'Seinfeld.' ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37332]]></link><description><![CDATA[We purposely created Bob out of the ashes of George. I would be insane not to measure things against 'Seinfeld.' I've stolen as much of the 'Seinfeld' crew as I could to give me a hedge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the concerns that we would have would be whether it is accurate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32906]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the concerns that we would have would be whether it is accurate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sensual and intemperate youth hands over a worn-out body to old age. [Lat., Libidinosa etenim et intemperans adolescentia effoetum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22914]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sensual and intemperate youth hands over a worn-out body to old age. [Lat., Libidinosa etenim et intemperans adolescentia effoetum corpus tradit senectuti.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57936]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. -Helen Keller.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only real power comes out of a long rifle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66634]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only real power comes out of a long rifle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dog in the Manger A dog lay in a manger, and by his growling and snapping prevented the oxen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1535]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Dog in the Manger A dog lay in a manger, and by his growling and snapping prevented the oxen from eating the hay which had been placed for them. What a selfish Dog! said one of them to his companions; he cannot eat the hay himself, and yet refuses to allow those to eat who can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642   It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642   It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter the heart through the understanding, but the understanding through the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners. •E. Joseph Cossman  Each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners. •E. Joseph Cossman  Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wonder what it is in the New York air that enables me to sit up till all hours of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36974]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wonder what it is in the New York air that enables me to sit up till all hours of the night in an atmosphere which in London would make a horse dizzy, but here merely clears the brain]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where God has his church the Devil will have his chapel ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where God has his church the Devil will have his chapel]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When he started, the population was about 7,000 people and now it's up to over 40,000 people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33103]]></link><description><![CDATA[When he started, the population was about 7,000 people and now it's up to over 40,000 people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind, that in the same direction lasts not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15106]]></link><description><![CDATA[The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind, that in the same direction lasts not long. [It., Non e il mondam romore alro che un fiato  Di vento, che vien quinci et or vien quindi,   E muta nome, perche muta lato.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9213]]></link><description><![CDATA[A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that much harder. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up. It's all a matter of pride.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never, "for the sake of peace and quiet," deny your own experience or convictions ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never, "for the sake of peace and quiet," deny your own experience or convictions]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus calls us; o'er the tumult / Of our life's wild, restless sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesus calls us; o'er the tumult / Of our life's wild, restless sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43889]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we only will tune in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that we may have to be content with a little less, ... But if that happens, it does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31254]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that we may have to be content with a little less, ... But if that happens, it does not mean lowering the ambition of the round.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62860]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For what is he they follow? Truly, gentlemen, A bloody tyrant and a homicide;  One raised in blood and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59977]]></link><description><![CDATA[For what is he they follow? Truly, gentlemen, A bloody tyrant and a homicide;  One raised in blood and one in blood established;   One that made means to come by what he hath,    And slaughtered those that were the means to help him;     A base foul stone, made precious by the foil      Of England's chair, where he is falsely set;       One that hath ever been God's enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was heavy with the even, When she lit her glimmering tapers  Round the day's dead sanctities.   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14265]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was heavy with the even, When she lit her glimmering tapers  Round the day's dead sanctities.   I laughed in the morning's eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14265</guid></item></channel></rss>