<?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[Frank dominated from the start. He then took him to the ground, top-mounted him, and let out a flurry of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frank dominated from the start. He then took him to the ground, top-mounted him, and let out a flurry of punches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While I am speaking the opportunity is lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50812]]></link><description><![CDATA[While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21825]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like a mirror, we get the best results when we smile at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like a mirror, we get the best results when we smile at it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be kind to unkind people - they need it the most ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be kind to unkind people - they need it the most]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop wasting all your time giving someone a second chance, when there's someone better out there waiting for their first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stop wasting all your time giving someone a second chance, when there's someone better out there waiting for their first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your goal should be out of reach but not out of sight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your goal should be out of reach but not out of sight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4011]]></link><description><![CDATA[When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[In other words, business travelers are behaving like leisure travelers to qualify for a better price. That puts the airlines, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42418]]></link><description><![CDATA[[In other words, business travelers are behaving like leisure travelers to qualify for a better price. That puts the airlines, particularly the ailing network airlines, in a tight spot.] Profits are elusive, ... Airlines either need to raise fares, or the price of oil has to come down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A disarmed peace is weake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49011]]></link><description><![CDATA[A disarmed peace is weake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under the collaborative framework of Advantage Oregon, we will leverage the enormous freight buying power of Oregon agricultural shippers and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under the collaborative framework of Advantage Oregon, we will leverage the enormous freight buying power of Oregon agricultural shippers and use the latest in transportation management software to drive cost efficiencies and service improvements for the benefit of our out-of-state customers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980 Commemoration of Paul Couturier, Priest, Ecumenist, 1953  Supply-and-demand, -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980 Commemoration of Paul Couturier, Priest, Ecumenist, 1953  Supply-and-demand, -- alas! For what noble work was there ever yet any audible demand in that poor sense? The man of Macedonia, speaking in vision to the Apostle Paul, "Come over and help us", did not specify what rate of wages he would give.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term -- meaning that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29470]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term -- meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching -- there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I brought it on myself. I guaranteed a gold medal (before the Olympics). I'm not doing that this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31078]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I brought it on myself. I guaranteed a gold medal (before the Olympics). I'm not doing that this time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15604]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they came to John Tyler they were really disappointed that they had to go there and they felt really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29025]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they came to John Tyler they were really disappointed that they had to go there and they felt really unwanted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got it all taken care of in about two hours. We were surprised how quickly it all came together. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33947]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got it all taken care of in about two hours. We were surprised how quickly it all came together. There was a lot of interest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think a good gift for the President would be a chocolate revolver…and since he is so busy, you'd probably ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20078]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think a good gift for the President would be a chocolate revolver…and since he is so busy, you'd probably have to run up to him real quick and give it to him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all,  Unless he first will learn humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20025]]></link><description><![CDATA[O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all,  Unless he first will learn humility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60435]]></link><description><![CDATA[No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The character of a person is in direct proportion to hiscommitment to excellence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57667]]></link><description><![CDATA[The character of a person is in direct proportion to hiscommitment to excellence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to see what your friends and family think of you, die broke, and see who comes to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17043]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to see what your friends and family think of you, die broke, and see who comes to your funeral]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is no fool who gives that which he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55240]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is no fool who gives that which he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it through despite to languish long time in error. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61605]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it through despite to languish long time in error.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;  It yearns ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10464]]></link><description><![CDATA[By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;  It yearns me not if me my garments wear;   Such outward things dwell not in my desires:    But if it be a sin to covet honor,     I am the most offending soul alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First we make our habits, then our habits make us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18512]]></link><description><![CDATA[First we make our habits, then our habits make us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The U.S. case is more important because of the economic implications, ... It [the U.K. ruling] is a nice psychological ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31189]]></link><description><![CDATA[The U.S. case is more important because of the economic implications, ... It [the U.K. ruling] is a nice psychological boost but you can't extrapolate the U.S. ruling from this because of the different legal standards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A winning wave, (deserving note.) In the tempestuous petticote,  A careless shoe-string, in whose tye   I see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2738]]></link><description><![CDATA[A winning wave, (deserving note.) In the tempestuous petticote,  A careless shoe-string, in whose tye   I see a wilde civility,--    Doe more bewitch me than when art     Is too precise in every part.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1922]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13043]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great masses of the people ... will more easily fall victims to a great lie than to a small ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10628]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great masses of the people ... will more easily fall victims to a great lie than to a small one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let us be discouraged with ourselves; it is not when we are conscious of our faults that we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let us be discouraged with ourselves; it is not when we are conscious of our faults that we are the most wicked: on the contrary, we are less so. We see by a brighter light. And let us remember, for our consolation, that we never perceive our sins till He begin to cure them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no downside to it whatsoever. If you make one star out of it, you've come ahead. In a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30829]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no downside to it whatsoever. If you make one star out of it, you've come ahead. In a good season, they'll make a handful of stars. Despite what some hardcore fans might say, a card with five stars on it will do better business than card with zero stars on it, even if those zero stars are the best fighters in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't do drugs. I am drugs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65320]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't do drugs. I am drugs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46771]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cleere conscience is a sure carde. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9803]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cleere conscience is a sure carde.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65950]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ninety percent of success is showing up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ninety percent of success is showing up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28144]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth dreams a bliss on this side of death. It dreams a rest, if not more deep,  More grateful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth dreams a bliss on this side of death. It dreams a rest, if not more deep,  More grateful than this marble sleep;   It hears a voice within it tell:    Calm's not life's crown, though calm is well.     'Tis all perhaps which man acquires,      But 'tis not what our youth desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do or do not... there is no try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do or do not... there is no try.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She hugged the offender, and forgave the offense, Sex to the last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16502]]></link><description><![CDATA[She hugged the offender, and forgave the offense, Sex to the last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The next way home's the farthest way about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51051]]></link><description><![CDATA[The next way home's the farthest way about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51051</guid></item></channel></rss>