<?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[If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did notsometimes taste of adversity, prosperity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21716]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did notsometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a fatal error to enter any war without the will to win it. •Douglas MacArthur   All ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61165]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a fatal error to enter any war without the will to win it. •Douglas MacArthur   All great civilisations, in their early stages, are based on success in war. •Kenneth Clark  You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. •Jeannette Rankin   War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know that we can do anything. We can score runs and we've come back from deficits before. We just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34769]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know that we can do anything. We can score runs and we've come back from deficits before. We just came up short, but we are going to have to make sure that doesn't happen again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can you predict anything? I wouldn't have predicted this. It certainly tests your mettle, ... I'm very pleased with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33479]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can you predict anything? I wouldn't have predicted this. It certainly tests your mettle, ... I'm very pleased with the manner in which everybody has responded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trick is growing up without growing old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1738]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trick is growing up without growing old.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most urgent necessity in human life is to be able to face life victoriously. For many are living mentally, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60610]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most urgent necessity in human life is to be able to face life victoriously. For many are living mentally, physically, morally and spiritually defeated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes a breakdown can be the beginning of a kind of breakthrough, a way of living in advance through a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes a breakdown can be the beginning of a kind of breakthrough, a way of living in advance through a trauma that prepares you for a future of radical transformation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart is the only broken instrument that works. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19008]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart is the only broken instrument that works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with being best man at a wedding is that you never get a chance to prove it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem with being best man at a wedding is that you never get a chance to prove it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decrepit miser! base ignoble wretch! I am descended of a gentler blood.  Thou art no father nor friend of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Decrepit miser! base ignoble wretch! I am descended of a gentler blood.  Thou art no father nor friend of mine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries; I never hear the west wind but tears are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61651]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries; I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes.  For it comes from the west lands, the old brown hills,   And April's in the West wind, and daffodils.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From this it appears how much more cruel the pen may be than the sword. [Lat., Hinc quam sit calamus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46014]]></link><description><![CDATA[From this it appears how much more cruel the pen may be than the sword. [Lat., Hinc quam sit calamus saevior euse, patet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Give him a religion, and he'll starve to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only will atomic power be released, but someday we will harness the rise and fall of the tides and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only will atomic power be released, but someday we will harness the rise and fall of the tides and imprison the rays of the sun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've already seen the effect the film has on young people, especially girls. We were at the Pan-American Film Festival ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33995]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've already seen the effect the film has on young people, especially girls. We were at the Pan-American Film Festival in Los Angeles, and one girl told me, 'This movie makes me feel like I can do anything I want.' It shows that even if you don't have the resources, you can use your own will to change things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44710]]></link><description><![CDATA[A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It hit a little home for me, actually. Not the stripping, but seeing these people who haven't been handed the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31438]]></link><description><![CDATA[It hit a little home for me, actually. Not the stripping, but seeing these people who haven't been handed the best card in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children see things very well sometimes - and idealists even better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children see things very well sometimes - and idealists even better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle-line,  Beneath whose awful Hand we hold  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16474]]></link><description><![CDATA[God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle-line,  Beneath whose awful Hand we hold   Dominion over palm and pine--    Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,     Lest we forget--lest we forget!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, Columbia, the gem of the ocean, The home of the brave and the free,  The shrine of each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2389]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, Columbia, the gem of the ocean, The home of the brave and the free,  The shrine of each patriot's devotion,   A world offers homage to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won't make you cry ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26987]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won't make you cry]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17248]]></link><description><![CDATA[To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe in an afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11397]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe in an afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next to coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Next to coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,  So ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51486]]></link><description><![CDATA[For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,  So honour peereth in the meanest habit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her very silence, and her patience, Speak to the people, and they pity her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her very silence, and her patience, Speak to the people, and they pity her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We left a lot of plays on the field, whether it was a bad route, bad throw or dropped pass. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34637]]></link><description><![CDATA[We left a lot of plays on the field, whether it was a bad route, bad throw or dropped pass. I thought we played pretty good, but pretty good isn't enough against Florida.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper occasions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54671]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper occasions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't like how things are, change it!  You're not a tree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62861]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't like how things are, change it!  You're not a tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Same-sex marriage is not the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65348]]></link><description><![CDATA[Same-sex marriage is not the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24583]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The western tide crept up along the sand, And o'er and o'er the sand,  And round and round the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59265]]></link><description><![CDATA[The western tide crept up along the sand, And o'er and o'er the sand,  And round and round the sand,   As far as eye could see    The rolling mist came down and hid the land:     And never home came she.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have come up with a perfect understanding. He won't try to run her life, and he won't try to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53410]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have come up with a perfect understanding. He won't try to run her life, and he won't try to run his, either.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47872]]></link><description><![CDATA[So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3247]]></link><description><![CDATA[The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2008]]></link><description><![CDATA[In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fund-raising environment is consistently more competitive. The situation of any new museum today is a challenge, regardless of what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34145]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fund-raising environment is consistently more competitive. The situation of any new museum today is a challenge, regardless of what kind of museum it is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No creature smarts so little as a fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50941]]></link><description><![CDATA[No creature smarts so little as a fool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alone!--That worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard;  Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alone!--That worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard;  Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known,   Of hope laid waste, knells in that word--Alone!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51302]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not that the ground motions in 1906 were significantly larger than those in 1989it's that the area experiencing intense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30387]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not that the ground motions in 1906 were significantly larger than those in 1989it's that the area experiencing intense shaking was much, much greater. We don't know if the next rupture will look like 1906 earthquake, but we know that many of the same areas hit hard in 1906, like San Francisco, Santa Rosa, and the Santa Cruz mountains will be hit hard again in the next large earthquake on the San Andreas Fault .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the while the company's done a good job of maintaining strong gross margins in a tough reimbursement market like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30057]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the while the company's done a good job of maintaining strong gross margins in a tough reimbursement market like the U.S.. That means they're controlling costs well on the manufacturing side, which isn't an easy thing to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30057</guid></item></channel></rss>