<?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 white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42752]]></link><description><![CDATA[The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pray your Highness mark this curious herb: Touch it but lightly, stroke it softly, Sir,  And it gives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58482]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pray your Highness mark this curious herb: Touch it but lightly, stroke it softly, Sir,  And it gives forth an odor sweet and rare;   But crush it harshly and you'll make a scent    Most disagreeable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45175]]></link><description><![CDATA[The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's also something of an illusion in that, you can perhaps record a TV thing one month and complete a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37228]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's also something of an illusion in that, you can perhaps record a TV thing one month and complete a book the next and then be in a play. Then, if they all come out at once, it looks as if you're actually juggling a million things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is a beautiful thing, except for that part about letting just any old yokel vote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is a beautiful thing, except for that part about letting just any old yokel vote.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The state puts a lot of mandates on the town, not just for education, ... Our infrastructure is deteriorating because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34347]]></link><description><![CDATA[The state puts a lot of mandates on the town, not just for education, ... Our infrastructure is deteriorating because those costs are considered discretionary and all we have to cut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27739]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21718]]></link><description><![CDATA[There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him to make discoveries. It was the power of never letting exceptions go unnoticed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through... sharing together, praying together, suffering together, and working ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60952]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through... sharing together, praying together, suffering together, and working together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the leadership is right and the time is right, the people can always be counted upon to follow-to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24475]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the leadership is right and the time is right, the people can always be counted upon to follow-to the end and at all costs. Charles deGaulle -Harold J. Seymour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221   The mystery revealed, in a unique degree ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221   The mystery revealed, in a unique degree and form, in Christ's life, is really a universal spiritual human law: the law of suffering and sacrifice, as the one way to joy and possession, which has existed, though veiled till now, since the foundation of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion of the elect. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43166]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion of the elect. It is in this way that mortals become angels. It is not their fault; they do not know how to set about it otherwise. This hell from which you have come out is the first step towards Heaven. We must begin by that. -- Jean Valjean --]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63402]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fellowship: 4. the ministry of helpfulness   Active helpfulness means, initially, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fellowship: 4. the ministry of helpfulness   Active helpfulness means, initially, simple assistance in trifling, external matters. There is a multitude of these things wherever people live together. Nobody is too good for the meanest service...   We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. God will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans by sending us people with claims and petitions. We may pass them by, preoccupied with our more important tasks, as the priest passed by the man who had fallen among thieves, perhaps -- reading the Bible. When we do that, we pass by the visible sign of the Cross raised athwart our path to show us that not our way, but God's way must be done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cunning livery of hell. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55390]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cunning livery of hell. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22029]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're making the best use of the space we have. We're able to adjust the programs and activities to meet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31110]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're making the best use of the space we have. We're able to adjust the programs and activities to meet needs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And o'er the hills and far away, Beyond their utmost purple rim,  Beyond the night, across the day,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43318]]></link><description><![CDATA[And o'er the hills and far away, Beyond their utmost purple rim,  Beyond the night, across the day,   Thro' all the world she followed him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is this the sound and rumor? What is this that all men hear, Like the wind in hollow valleys ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54551]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is this the sound and rumor? What is this that all men hear, Like the wind in hollow valleys when the storm is drawing near, Like the rolling of the ocean in the eventide of fear? 'Tis the people marching on]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most bosses know instinctively that their power depends more on employee's compliance than on threats or sanctions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most bosses know instinctively that their power depends more on employee's compliance than on threats or sanctions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23133]]></link><description><![CDATA[By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now let us sing, long live the king. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now let us sing, long live the king.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To accept a favor is to forfeit liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1318]]></link><description><![CDATA[To accept a favor is to forfeit liberty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65182]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44983]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The story of the human race is the story of men and womenselling themselves short. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21783]]></link><description><![CDATA[The story of the human race is the story of men and womenselling themselves short.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're dynamic backs. They can flat out fly. We have to do a better job of getting off blocks and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38260]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're dynamic backs. They can flat out fly. We have to do a better job of getting off blocks and pursuing to the ball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56869]]></link><description><![CDATA[We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unfortunately, this route had not met profitability levels that are necessary to sustain operations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, this route had not met profitability levels that are necessary to sustain operations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he be exalted above his neighbors because he hath ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61431]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he be exalted above his neighbors because he hath more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have but one great experience ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal living conditions on this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60455]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal living conditions on this earth?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I heard his library burned down and both books were destroyed -- and one of them hadn't even been colored ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4568]]></link><description><![CDATA[I heard his library burned down and both books were destroyed -- and one of them hadn't even been colored in yet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62182]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mere madness, to live like a wretch, and die rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42737]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mere madness, to live like a wretch, and die rich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15551]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are praying for them and their family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40063]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are praying for them and their family.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doingresearch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doingresearch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better your room than your company. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better your room than your company.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When he shall die Take him and cut him in little stars And he will make the face of heaven ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11416]]></link><description><![CDATA[When he shall die Take him and cut him in little stars And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One good man, one man who does not put on his religion once a week with his Sunday coat, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6417]]></link><description><![CDATA[One good man, one man who does not put on his religion once a week with his Sunday coat, but wears it for his working dress, and lets the thought of God grow into him, and through and through him, till everything he says and does becomes religious, that man is worth a thousand sermons -- he is a living Gospel -- he comes in the spirit and power of Elias -- he is the image of God. And men see his good works, and admire them in spite of themselves, and see that they are God-like, and that God's grace is no dream, but that the Holy Spirit is still among men, and that all nobleness and manliness is His gift, His stamp, His picture: and so they get a glimpse of God again in His saints and heroes, and glorify their Father who is in heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The medicine chest of the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24762]]></link><description><![CDATA[The medicine chest of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You come to Nebraska to win championships, and when you don't, the question is, 'Why, why, why?' ... So it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36128]]></link><description><![CDATA[You come to Nebraska to win championships, and when you don't, the question is, 'Why, why, why?' ... So it's not like we're a program that just found itself in this position. We were planning on being in this position at the beginning of the year. Our plan is to finish it out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's more of a question of timing. The timing of his development, combined with the development of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31652]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's more of a question of timing. The timing of his development, combined with the development of our team, didn't align.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newspaper people have a habit of putting you in the front pages to sell their papers, and then after they've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Newspaper people have a habit of putting you in the front pages to sell their papers, and then after they've sold their papers and got big circulation's, they say, 'Look at what we've done for you.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27292]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27292</guid></item></channel></rss>