<?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 voice of the world ["Charity begins at home"]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5696]]></link><description><![CDATA[The voice of the world ["Charity begins at home"].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The intellectual is constantly betrayed by his vanity. Godlike he blandly assumes that he can express everything in words; whereas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53522]]></link><description><![CDATA[The intellectual is constantly betrayed by his vanity. Godlike he blandly assumes that he can express everything in words; whereas the things one loves, lives, and dies for are not, in the last analysis completely expressible in words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is clear yet ... the man cannot remain in these conditions ... his health is deteriorating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is clear yet ... the man cannot remain in these conditions ... his health is deteriorating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't shake hands with a clenched fist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1011]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swift as a shadow, short as any dream; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That in a spleen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Swift as a shadow, short as any dream; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That in a spleen unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, Behold! The jaws of darkness do devour it up: So quick bright things come to confusion. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I only drink wine, and it's a bit early for that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29394]]></link><description><![CDATA[I only drink wine, and it's a bit early for that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44985]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion. Oftentimes, my own opinion will simply represent a con-sensus of what I heard in the discussion. I always remember the axiom: a leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all have our down days, but it's not hard to smile and say, 'Thank you.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66702]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all have our down days, but it's not hard to smile and say, 'Thank you.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22726]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15006]]></link><description><![CDATA[At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866 Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear,  It is not night ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866 Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear,  It is not night if Thou be near; O may no earth-born cloud arise  To hide Thee from thy servant's eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young children and chickens would ever be eating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young children and chickens would ever be eating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2911</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[Real estate is still a contact sport. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31338]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real estate is still a contact sport.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis a hydra's head contention; the more they strive the more they may: and as Praxiteles did by his glass, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9958]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis a hydra's head contention; the more they strive the more they may: and as Praxiteles did by his glass, when he saw a scurvy face in it, brake it in pieces; but for that one he saw many more as bad in a moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've got an invested interest in the school system having three kids in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33915]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've got an invested interest in the school system having three kids in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before a cure is found we will all have been affected one way or another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before a cure is found we will all have been affected one way or another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorrow preys upon Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it  From its sad visions of the other world  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sorrow preys upon Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it  From its sad visions of the other world   Than calling it at moments back to this.    The busy have no time for tears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only test of leadership is that somebody follows. Lance Secretan, Industry Week, 10/12/98 -Robert K. Greenleaf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24470]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only test of leadership is that somebody follows. Lance Secretan, Industry Week, 10/12/98 -Robert K. Greenleaf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been a priority for me that the fan experience be optimal, ... One of the things I've found traveling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41853]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been a priority for me that the fan experience be optimal, ... One of the things I've found traveling with the team to different cities is that we do give a good experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mahomet was taking his afternoon nap in his Paradise. An houri had rolled a cloud under his head, and he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mahomet was taking his afternoon nap in his Paradise. An houri had rolled a cloud under his head, and he was snoring serenely near the fountain of Salsabil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a solemn luxury in grief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18338]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a solemn luxury in grief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tradition is a guide and not a jailer ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tradition is a guide and not a jailer]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My New Year's resolution is to stick to a good workout plan that will keep me healthy and happy.
 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62727]]></link><description><![CDATA[My New Year's resolution is to stick to a good workout plan that will keep me healthy and happy.
]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kabira wept when he beheld the millstone roll, Of that which passes 'twixt the stones, nought goes forth whole.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kabira wept when he beheld the millstone roll, Of that which passes 'twixt the stones, nought goes forth whole.   - Edward B. Eastwick,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2438]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is, that we should have nothing to do with conquest]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66166]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But why pursue the common tale? Or wherefore show how knights prevail,  When ladies dare to hear? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51086]]></link><description><![CDATA[But why pursue the common tale? Or wherefore show how knights prevail,  When ladies dare to hear?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't play better than that, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40199]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't play better than that,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Would I describe a preacher, . . . .  I would express him simple, grave, sincere;   In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Would I describe a preacher, . . . .  I would express him simple, grave, sincere;   In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain,    And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,     And natural in gesture; much impress'd      Himself, as conscious of his awful charge,       And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds        May feel it too; affectionate in look,         And tender in address, as well becomes          A messenger of grace to guilty men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9277]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was just him and me. He fought with honor. If it weren't for his honor, he and the others ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10411]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was just him and me. He fought with honor. If it weren't for his honor, he and the others would have beaten me together. They might have killed me, then. His sense of honor saved my life. I didn't fight with honor... I fought to win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2399]]></link><description><![CDATA[This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to emphasize that a large earthquake such as 1906 is not just a San Francisco quake, but a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30386]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to emphasize that a large earthquake such as 1906 is not just a San Francisco quake, but a Northern California earthquake. Earthquakes greater than magnitude 7 are going to cause intense shaking over a large area everyone needs to be prepared.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavour Fellowship, 1951   How often we look upon God as our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavour Fellowship, 1951   How often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to Him because we have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that the storms of life have driven us, not upon the rocks, but into the desired haven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those guys stepped up. I feel fortunate to have them as teammates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those guys stepped up. I feel fortunate to have them as teammates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52272]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I picked up those little girls that drowned, all I could think about was my grandbabies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37121]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I picked up those little girls that drowned, all I could think about was my grandbabies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau. -- Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau. -- Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel that other churches must accept, as the pre-conditions of fellowship, such changes as will bring them into conformity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7295]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel that other churches must accept, as the pre-conditions of fellowship, such changes as will bring them into conformity with ourselves in matters which we regard as essential, and that a failure to insist on this will involve compromise in regard to what is essential to the Church's being. But for precisely the same reason, we cannot admit a demand from others for any changes in ourselves which would seem to imply a denial that we already possess the esse of the Church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65882]]></link><description><![CDATA[All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27274]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerfulchannel. (on focus). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21073]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerfulchannel. (on focus).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mind your P's and Q's. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48596]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mind your P's and Q's.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take from him the need for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43603]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take from him the need for mythology]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43489</guid></item></channel></rss>