<?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[Our country, right or wrong! When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our country, right or wrong! When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the Sons of Mary smile and are blessed--they know the angels are on their side: They know in them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62125]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the Sons of Mary smile and are blessed--they know the angels are on their side: They know in them is the Grace confessed, and for them are the Mercies multiplied;  They sit at the Feet, they hear the Word, they see how truly the Promise runs;   They have cast their burden upon the Lord, and--the Lord He lays it on Martha's sons!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always tried to do my best on the ball field. I can't do any more than that. I always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21822]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always tried to do my best on the ball field. I can't do any more than that. I always try to give one hundred percent; and if my team loses, I come back and give one hundred percent the next day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render  The deeds of mercy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27351]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render  The deeds of mercy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None save great men have been the authors of great heresies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57101]]></link><description><![CDATA[None save great men have been the authors of great heresies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47628]]></link><description><![CDATA[A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a great win for Cliff. His opponent is a tough guy from a tough gym and is one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32263]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a great win for Cliff. His opponent is a tough guy from a tough gym and is one of the top fighters at that gym, but Cliff had the endurance. He had a lot of heart and persevered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lots of promises were made last year. And in terms of public awareness, we've already won. Now we have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lots of promises were made last year. And in terms of public awareness, we've already won. Now we have to shift the focus to the money, and how the money is used.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For spirits when they please Can either sex assume, or both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2783]]></link><description><![CDATA[For spirits when they please Can either sex assume, or both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/233]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A day like today is not a day for soundbites, really. But I feel the hand of history upon our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44636]]></link><description><![CDATA[A day like today is not a day for soundbites, really. But I feel the hand of history upon our shoulders. I really do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42276]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the United States. Making bigger tournaments, more interesting events. Making it a respectable profession for young people to be able to pursue in the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've sold or sampled more than 15 million servings. People are telling us that this is a product that works ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36051]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've sold or sampled more than 15 million servings. People are telling us that this is a product that works for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's going to be nice to get home but we still lost the game. We wanted to come out with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34108]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's going to be nice to get home but we still lost the game. We wanted to come out with a win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You wait a moment to settle your nerves Then make your cast with a right hand curve  The fly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16285]]></link><description><![CDATA[You wait a moment to settle your nerves Then make your cast with a right hand curve  The fly settles down and the float looked good   But the trout refused it and there you stood    A dejected fly fisherman.     You looked things over and were not yet beat      Then changed flies again and were ready to repeat       The next try was poor because you rushed the cast        You hold your breath in solemn anticipation         You must be a fly fisherman!          The fly floats gently on its way to the trout           You know it will "take it" without a doubt.            You're all charged up and ready to strike             But the fly floats by because something's not right              You are still a fly fisherman.               You open your fly box and select a new fly                Then lengthen the tippet before the next try                 Change your position to help with the cast                  And hope you have made the right decision at last                   Now you are a doubtful fly fisherman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44349]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10752]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything someone does on a daily basis should be traceable back to an annual or quarterly plan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything someone does on a daily basis should be traceable back to an annual or quarterly plan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I may have faults, but being wrong ain't one of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44295]]></link><description><![CDATA[I may have faults, but being wrong ain't one of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52598]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gloomy comparisons of a disturbed imagination, the melancholy madness of poetry without the inspiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58096]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gloomy comparisons of a disturbed imagination, the melancholy madness of poetry without the inspiration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60309]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer of family wears off almost at once, and we are revealed in our true personalities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter if we're counting days, work-hours or barrels refined, our truest measure of safety is that everyone goes home ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32781]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter if we're counting days, work-hours or barrels refined, our truest measure of safety is that everyone goes home safely at the end of the day. We are proud of our employees who are dedicated and vigilant when it comes to safety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've learned that you'll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you'll be challenged ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40178]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've learned that you'll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you'll be challenged and growing and having fun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47266]]></link><description><![CDATA[These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Redbreast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky,  In joyless fields and thorny thickets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54342]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Redbreast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky,  In joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves   His shivering mates, and pays to trusted Man    His annual visit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person's fate is their own temper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58883]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person's fate is their own temper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4735]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the pores of the face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26459]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there  Asleep, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there  Asleep, and waiting for the opening day,   When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we can stop the egg eating by macho Mexicans, we can save thousands of turtles. If you want to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36588]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we can stop the egg eating by macho Mexicans, we can save thousands of turtles. If you want to improve your sex performance, go take Viagra. Don't kill one of the oldest animals on the planet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most overlooked advantage of owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58816]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most overlooked advantage of owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them around a bit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moon, the moon, so silver and cold, Her fickle temper has oft been told,  Now shade--now bright and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43079]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moon, the moon, so silver and cold, Her fickle temper has oft been told,  Now shade--now bright and sunny--   But of all the lunar things that change,    The one that shows most fickle and strange,     And takes the most eccentric range,      Is the moon--so called--of honey!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61467]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ant and the Dove AN ANT went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, andbeing carried ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1497]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ant and the Dove AN ANT went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, andbeing carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point ofdrowning. A Dove sitting on a tree overhanging the water pluckeda leaf and let it fall into the stream close to her. The Antclimbed onto it and floated in safety to the bank. Shortlyafterwards a birdcatcher came and stood under the tree, and laidhis lime-twigs for the Dove, which sat in the branches. The Ant,perceiving his design, stung him in the foot. In pain thebirdcatcher threw down the twigs, and the noise made the Dovetake wing.One good turn deserves another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/143]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the merest truism, evident at once to unsophisticated observation, that mathematics is a human invention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26526]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the merest truism, evident at once to unsophisticated observation, that mathematics is a human invention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not a risky team and we were just a little too risky tonight. They seem to just score with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28463]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not a risky team and we were just a little too risky tonight. They seem to just score with their chances. Defensively we weren't where we wanted to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When there is no adversity, he can be a very positive person in the unit. (When there's adversity or trouble), ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36304]]></link><description><![CDATA[When there is no adversity, he can be a very positive person in the unit. (When there's adversity or trouble), we see a different side. There is a duality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26596]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John and Charles Wesley, Priests, Poets, Teachers, 1791 & 1788  Matthew xi. 27. JESUS, the infinite I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John and Charles Wesley, Priests, Poets, Teachers, 1791 & 1788  Matthew xi. 27. JESUS, the infinite I AM, With God essentially the same, With him enthroned above all height, As God of God, and Light of Light, Thou art by thy great Father known, From all eternity his Son. Thou only dost the Father know, And wilt to all thy followers show, Who cannot doubt thy gracious will His glorious Godhead to reveal; Reveal him now, if thou art he, And live, eternal Life, in me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53560]]></link><description><![CDATA[A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinderor control the firm resolve of a determined ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21971]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinderor control the firm resolve of a determined soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48564]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Horses are predictably unpredictable ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Horses are predictably unpredictable]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60254]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60254</guid></item></channel></rss>