<?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[Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaulteth not itself, is not puffed up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaulteth not itself, is not puffed up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would chuse to dy in Spain (where they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49056]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is professed with greatest strictness).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every extreme attitude is a flight from the self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every extreme attitude is a flight from the self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7031]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our lives accordingly. We insist upon trying to modify Him and bring Him nearer to our own image.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a kind of screen saver for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9582]]></link><description><![CDATA[After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a kind of screen saver for your brain]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm worried. We are just starting the year and already we seem to see a dead whale every day. Something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36590]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm worried. We are just starting the year and already we seem to see a dead whale every day. Something is happening there and it needs to be investigated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again,  Viewed his own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13093]]></link><description><![CDATA[So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again,  Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart,   And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13630]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our patience wasn't there and the tempo and continuity in our offense was off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our patience wasn't there and the tempo and continuity in our offense was off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Move him into the sun —Gently its touch awoke him once,At home, whispering of fields unsown.Always it woke him, even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Move him into the sun —Gently its touch awoke him once,At home, whispering of fields unsown.Always it woke him, even in France,Until this morning and this snow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So, naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas that on him prey;  And these have smaller still to bite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16215]]></link><description><![CDATA[So, naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas that on him prey;  And these have smaller still to bite 'em,   And so proceed ad infinitum.    Thus every poet in his kind     Is bit by him that comes behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm still chasing girls. I don't remember what for, but I'm still chasing them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17476]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm still chasing girls. I don't remember what for, but I'm still chasing them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against. -Malcolm X. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59891]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against. -Malcolm X.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16978]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People counters at the Community Center recorded one million that came through the doors last fiscal year; obviously, not all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31106]]></link><description><![CDATA[People counters at the Community Center recorded one million that came through the doors last fiscal year; obviously, not all of them were different. There were 650,000 the year before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48375]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope that in the next few hours, or thereabouts, we will get more concrete information about these hostages, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34273]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope that in the next few hours, or thereabouts, we will get more concrete information about these hostages,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they are saying, let's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they are saying, let's stay here. And by their connection to the land, they are connected to one another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is the Rider that breakes youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is the Rider that breakes youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend in need is a friend indeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51064]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend in need is a friend indeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Israeli factor was suspiciously present in all the events witnessed by the region, and the developments proved that Israel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29897]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Israeli factor was suspiciously present in all the events witnessed by the region, and the developments proved that Israel was the most prominent and the major benefactor from these events,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no hope when there lacks interest for better. There can be no trust when there lacks confirmation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57403]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no hope when there lacks interest for better. There can be no trust when there lacks confirmation of truth. There can be no faith when there lacks complete confidence of purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20779]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And one by one in turn, some grand mistake Casts off its bright skin yearly like the snake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5510]]></link><description><![CDATA[And one by one in turn, some grand mistake Casts off its bright skin yearly like the snake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26817]]></link><description><![CDATA[When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a good initiative to resolve the situation. We believe that Iran and Russia should find a way out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35733]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a good initiative to resolve the situation. We believe that Iran and Russia should find a way out of this jointly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far too often, young people become Christians and then search among the Church's ranks for real people, and have a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far too often, young people become Christians and then search among the Church's ranks for real people, and have a hard task finding them. All too often, evangelicals are paper people. If we do not preach these things, talk about them to each other, and teach them carefully from the pulpit and in the Christian classroom, we cannot expect Christians so to act. This has always been important, but it is especially so today because we are surrounded by a world in which personality is increasingly eroded. If we, who have become God's children, do not show Him to be personal in our lives, then in practice we are denying His existence, and He cannot be anything but grieved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with political jokes is they get elected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23296]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem with political jokes is they get elected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dog has got more fun out of man than man has got out of the dog, for man is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12691]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dog has got more fun out of man than man has got out of the dog, for man is the more laughable of the two animals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot be indifferent to the assassination of a member of my profession, We should be obliged to shut up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19502]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot be indifferent to the assassination of a member of my profession, We should be obliged to shut up business if we, the Kings, were to consider the assassination of Kings as of no consequence at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13131]]></link><description><![CDATA[The earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage, or of principle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46096]]></link><description><![CDATA[To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage, or of principle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18687]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he who thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64421]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But come, I'll tell thee all my whole device When I am in my coach, which stays for us  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25412]]></link><description><![CDATA[But come, I'll tell thee all my whole device When I am in my coach, which stays for us  At the park gate; and therefore haste away,   For we must measure twenty miles to-day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20757]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems that an essential condition for crises is to be found in the existence of a highly developed system ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47416]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems that an essential condition for crises is to be found in the existence of a highly developed system of communications and the spreading of a homogenous mentality over vast areas.But when the hour and the right material are at hand, the contagion spreads with the speed of electricity over hundreds of miles, and affects the most diverse populations, which hardly know each other. The message flies through the air and they all suddenly agree on that one issue, if only a sulky admission that "there's got to be a change.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50779]]></link><description><![CDATA[The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two kinds of totally unacceptable employees -- those who can't do what they're told and those who can't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32321]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two kinds of totally unacceptable employees -- those who can't do what they're told and those who can't do anything else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42759]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles that make wrinkles and not dimples.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He assembled a management team who, under his skilled leadership, guided American through the early days of deregulation and built ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35680]]></link><description><![CDATA[He assembled a management team who, under his skilled leadership, guided American through the early days of deregulation and built it into one of the world's preeminent airlines,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53219]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53219</guid></item></channel></rss>