<?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[I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35128]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In life you need either inspiration or desperation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11994]]></link><description><![CDATA[In life you need either inspiration or desperation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These kids are strong and have come together through a lot of adversity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42630]]></link><description><![CDATA[These kids are strong and have come together through a lot of adversity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe anyone ever yet humbly, genuinely, thoroughly gave himself to Christ without some other finding Christ through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7612]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe anyone ever yet humbly, genuinely, thoroughly gave himself to Christ without some other finding Christ through him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9561]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Check disease in its approach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Check disease in its approach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But nothing has been decided. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33293]]></link><description><![CDATA[But nothing has been decided.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915  No one who is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915  No one who is fit to live need fear to die. Poor, timorous, faithless souls that we are! How we shall smile at our vain alarms, when the worst has happened! To us here, death is the most terrible word we know. But when we have tasted its reality, it will mean to us birth, deliverance, a new creation of ourselves. It will be what health is to the sick man. It will be what home is to the exile. It will be what the loved one given back is to the bereaved. As we draw near to it, a great solemn gladness should fill our hearts. It is God's great morning lighting up the sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people worry so much about managing their careers, but rarely spend half that much energy managing their LIVES. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people worry so much about managing their careers, but rarely spend half that much energy managing their LIVES. I want to make my life, not just my job, the best it can be. The rest will work itself out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turtle came in and did a great job for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Turtle came in and did a great job for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have more and more ways to communicate, as Thoreau noted, but less and less to say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64334]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have more and more ways to communicate, as Thoreau noted, but less and less to say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we call real estate--the solid ground to build a house on--is the broad foundation on which nearly all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18463]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we call real estate--the solid ground to build a house on--is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1427]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5969]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the board members examined the options, they decided that putting up a new building with all the latest technology ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33176]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the board members examined the options, they decided that putting up a new building with all the latest technology would make the most sense. In the remodeling scenarios presented to the board, the district would spend a lot of money and still have old buildings that were just retrofitted. This way, it can have a new building by still utilizing the high school site and some of its facilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is our duty not to squander opportunities for reconciliation, the time for reconciliation has long been here and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36686]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is our duty not to squander opportunities for reconciliation, the time for reconciliation has long been here and we have squandered it,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12026]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you believe that discrimination exists, it will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12465]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you believe that discrimination exists, it will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of our most noble political tasks is to open up trust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65012]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of our most noble political tasks is to open up trust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If addiction is judged by how long a dumb animal will sit pressing a lever to get a "fix" of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/589]]></link><description><![CDATA[If addiction is judged by how long a dumb animal will sit pressing a lever to get a "fix" of something, to its own detriment, then I would conclude that netnews is far more addictive than cocaine]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It adds to the glory both of soule and body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49557]]></link><description><![CDATA[It adds to the glory both of soule and body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All you need to do is hold on tight...and believe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63277]]></link><description><![CDATA[All you need to do is hold on tight...and believe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us endeavor to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us endeavor to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with being best man at a wedding is that you never get a chance to prove it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem with being best man at a wedding is that you never get a chance to prove it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's nice to witness these discoveries at first hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42536]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's nice to witness these discoveries at first hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching is the single most important thing we do here at the University. To cultivate knowledge and watch it grow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teaching is the single most important thing we do here at the University. To cultivate knowledge and watch it grow is immensely rewarding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nostalgia: When you find the present tense and past perfect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nostalgia: When you find the present tense and past perfect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I am unaware of love, I live drably. If I become intoxicated with love, I live in dreamland. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25917]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I am unaware of love, I live drably. If I become intoxicated with love, I live in dreamland. If I recognize love, and shake his hand then comfort, dreams, and sometimes intoxication become mine to drench in and give away as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66498]]></link><description><![CDATA[History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair is the kingcup that in meadow blows, Fair is the daisy that beside her grows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair is the kingcup that in meadow blows, Fair is the daisy that beside her grows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been getting 40 players out to training sessions and we've had to start a second team this season. There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32785]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been getting 40 players out to training sessions and we've had to start a second team this season. There is a real buzz around the club. All we need now is to get WRU status and we could think about climbing up the leagues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take the goods the gods provide thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take the goods the gods provide thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now the noisy winds are still; April's coming up the hill!  All the spring is in her train,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now the noisy winds are still; April's coming up the hill!  All the spring is in her train,   Led by shining ranks of rain;    Pit, pat, patter, clatter,     Sudden sun and clatter patter!      . . . .       All things ready with a will,        April's coming up the hill!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look, I'm not an intellectual - I just take pictures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look, I'm not an intellectual - I just take pictures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24490]]></link><description><![CDATA[I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like not lady-slippers, Not yet the sweet-pea blossoms,  Not yet the flaky roses,   Red or white ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25077]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like not lady-slippers, Not yet the sweet-pea blossoms,  Not yet the flaky roses,   Red or white as snow;    I like the chaliced lilies,     The heavy Eastern lilies,      The gorgeous tiger-lilies,       That in our garden grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You (reporters) should have printed what he meant, not what he said. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23345]]></link><description><![CDATA[You (reporters) should have printed what he meant, not what he said.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age. [Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48963]]></link><description><![CDATA[An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age. [Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, From that good God, who chastens whom he loves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, From that good God, who chastens whom he loves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot,  Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4341]]></link><description><![CDATA[These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot,  Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot,   Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear    Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year,     Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not      Against Heaven's hand or will, not bate a jot       Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer        Right onward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62573</guid></item></channel></rss>