<?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[Sometimes men are scared of me. You become a kind of an icon on television, and people are a little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes men are scared of me. You become a kind of an icon on television, and people are a little bit unsure, careful. It's funny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63212]]></link><description><![CDATA[With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social Security is truly a test of our values as Americans. Social Security is a fundamental promise that lifts half ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Social Security is truly a test of our values as Americans. Social Security is a fundamental promise that lifts half of our seniors out of poverty and helps millions of disabled Americans, widows and orphans. We owe Americans a better debate than we're having today. It's about time we do everything we can to keep the promise of Social Security.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a dear little plant that grows in our isle, 'Twas St. Patrick himself sure that set it;  And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23040]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a dear little plant that grows in our isle, 'Twas St. Patrick himself sure that set it;  And the sun on his labor with pleasure did smile,   And with dew from his eye often wet it.    It thrives through the bog, through the brake, and the mireland;     And he called it the dear little shamrock of Ireland--      The sweet little shamrock, the dear little shamrock,       The sweet little, green little, shamrock of Ireland!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who complain that they make no progress in the life of prayer because they "cannot meditate" should examine, not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who complain that they make no progress in the life of prayer because they "cannot meditate" should examine, not their capacity for meditation, but their capacity for suffering and love. For there is a hard and costly element, a deep seriousness, a crucial choice, in all genuine religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20313]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/871]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater the effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders -- what would you tell him to do? I don't know. What could he do? What would you tell him? To shrug.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/871</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[Dissensions, like small streams, are first begun, Scarce seen they rise, but gather as they run:  So lines that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dissensions, like small streams, are first begun, Scarce seen they rise, but gather as they run:  So lines that from their parallel decline,   More they proceed the more they still disjoin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My thoughts ran a wool-gathering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59207]]></link><description><![CDATA[My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flirting is the sin of the virtuous and the virtue of the sinful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flirting is the sin of the virtuous and the virtue of the sinful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No answer is a clear answer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18444]]></link><description><![CDATA[No answer is a clear answer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God helps those who persevere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19187]]></link><description><![CDATA[God helps those who persevere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay "in kind" somewhere else in life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18171]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay "in kind" somewhere else in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists ... in the loved one, perfection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2098]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists ... in the loved one, perfection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The things we hate about ourselves aren't more real than things we like about ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63314]]></link><description><![CDATA[The things we hate about ourselves aren't more real than things we like about ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember being 4 or 5 years old, sitting in front of a record player with headphones listening to my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37312]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember being 4 or 5 years old, sitting in front of a record player with headphones listening to my dad's albums,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The country and the Congress were misled into war. I regret that we were not given the truth; as I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5000]]></link><description><![CDATA[The country and the Congress were misled into war. I regret that we were not given the truth; as I said more than a year ago, knowing what we know now, I would not have gone to war in Iraq. And knowing now the full measure of the Bush Administration’s duplicity and incompetence, I doubt there are many members of Congress who would give them the authority they abused so badly. I know I would not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a rule of thumb, we give 10 days for them to move out if they are found to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35040]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a rule of thumb, we give 10 days for them to move out if they are found to be in possession of drugs. This is a government-funded complex and we have to follow the guidelines regarding drug offenses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This kind of give-and-take lies at the heart of scientific progress and is precisely why scientific analyses are made available ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30739]]></link><description><![CDATA[This kind of give-and-take lies at the heart of scientific progress and is precisely why scientific analyses are made available in the open literature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're all looking at Disney's numbers and particularly what they said about weakness in the current quarter and it's got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37307]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're all looking at Disney's numbers and particularly what they said about weakness in the current quarter and it's got the investment community spooked about a decline in demand overall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9810]]></link><description><![CDATA[According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in his mind. [Lat., Conscia mens ut cuique sua est, ita concipit intra  Pectora pro facto spemque metumque suo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66238]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've removed anything you can tie a rope to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41524]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've removed anything you can tie a rope to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In delay there lies no plenty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48308]]></link><description><![CDATA[In delay there lies no plenty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53909]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal feeling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every tub must stand upon its bottom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every tub must stand upon its bottom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it normal to wake up in the morning in a sweat because you can't wait to beat another human's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it normal to wake up in the morning in a sweat because you can't wait to beat another human's guts out?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The memory of past troubles is pleasant. [Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59723]]></link><description><![CDATA[The memory of past troubles is pleasant. [Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martin Luther described the doctrine of justification by faith as the article of faith that decides whether the church is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Martin Luther described the doctrine of justification by faith as the article of faith that decides whether the church is standing or falling. By this he meant that when this doctrine is understood, believed, and preached, as it was in New-Testament times, the church stands in the grace of God and is alive; but where it is neglected, overlaid, or denied, ... the church falls from grace and its life drains away, leaving it in a state of darkness and death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10056]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've known for a very long time that I was being downloaded more than Cindy Margolis. I got fed up, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32618]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've known for a very long time that I was being downloaded more than Cindy Margolis. I got fed up, and I finally had time to pursue it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Running into debt isn't so bad. It's running into creditors that hurts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Running into debt isn't so bad. It's running into creditors that hurts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66296]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[James Bond, a paid assassin of plutocratic cartels,a womanizer, a dipsomaniac, a speed demon.. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/759]]></link><description><![CDATA[James Bond, a paid assassin of plutocratic cartels,a womanizer, a dipsomaniac, a speed demon..]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55062]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second disasterous. -Margot Fonteyn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63947]]></link><description><![CDATA[The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreaming is not enough. You have to go a step further and use your imagination to visualize, with intent! Forget ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreaming is not enough. You have to go a step further and use your imagination to visualize, with intent! Forget everything you've ever been taught, and believe it will happen, just as you imagined it. That is the secret. That is the mystery of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little children tends towards the formation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little children tends towards the formation of character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[North Korea has a strong feeling to defend itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32996]]></link><description><![CDATA[North Korea has a strong feeling to defend itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear, Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear, Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget those things that aren't worth remembering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forget those things that aren't worth remembering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many Iraqis believe that psychologists treat crazy people. For this reason, they don?t bring their children in for treatment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many Iraqis believe that psychologists treat crazy people. For this reason, they don?t bring their children in for treatment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is the tyrant of the imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is the tyrant of the imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54580</guid></item></channel></rss>