<?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[We've had a lot of nervous energy going on. We've been itching to get our hands on a ball and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39639]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had a lot of nervous energy going on. We've been itching to get our hands on a ball and finally get out on this court, the one we've seen in our locker room for four years now. It's just really amazing to get out there and see what it's like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade Glitter like a swarm of fireflies tangled in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade Glitter like a swarm of fireflies tangled in a silver braid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812  Continuing a series on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812  Continuing a series on the church:  The apostle asked the converts of Apollos one question: "Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" and got a plain answer. His modern successors are more inclined to ask either "Did you believe exactly what we teach?" or "Were the hands that were laid on you our hands?", and -- if the answer is satisfactory -- to assure the converts that they have received the Holy Spirit even if they don't know it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These kids just don't see anything, so when you come, they think you're a real celebrity; they keep asking you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35501]]></link><description><![CDATA[These kids just don't see anything, so when you come, they think you're a real celebrity; they keep asking you for your autograph.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's to you and here's to me, and I hope we never disagree. But, if that should ever be, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's to you and here's to me, and I hope we never disagree. But, if that should ever be, to HELL with you, here's to ME!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64488]]></link><description><![CDATA[To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the power of climate and environment; and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropology provides a scientific basis for dealing with the crucial dilemma of the world today: how can peoples of different ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anthropology provides a scientific basis for dealing with the crucial dilemma of the world today: how can peoples of different appearance, mutually unintelligible languages, and dissimilar ways of life get along peaceably together?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8846]]></link><description><![CDATA[All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money begets money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money begets money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6099]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But me no buts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48965]]></link><description><![CDATA[But me no buts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is curious-curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare. -Mark Twain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10371]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is curious-curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare. -Mark Twain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20930]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great question - which I have not been able to answer - is: "What does a woman want?" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63515]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great question - which I have not been able to answer - is: "What does a woman want?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We always love those who admire us, and we do not always love those whom we admire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/611]]></link><description><![CDATA[We always love those who admire us, and we do not always love those whom we admire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another nice thing was that I would type out letters home for the admiral's stewards. They would then feed me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Another nice thing was that I would type out letters home for the admiral's stewards. They would then feed me the same food the admiral ate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had a really good save off a direct kick. They bent the ball around a (defensive) wall and he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40239]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had a really good save off a direct kick. They bent the ball around a (defensive) wall and he made a diving save into the corner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better a bare foote then none. [Better a barefoot than none.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better a bare foote then none. [Better a barefoot than none.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9126]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've become a very sought-after partner for developing Broadway musicals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33167]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've become a very sought-after partner for developing Broadway musicals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will kill her husband; a Spaniard will kill both; and a German will kill herself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dancing in the chequer'd shade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dancing in the chequer'd shade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a really nice surprise, ... We were the only newcomers, and doggone if we didn't take it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37509]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a really nice surprise, ... We were the only newcomers, and doggone if we didn't take it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4272]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when their birth rate fell off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know if there's a more improved player in our section this year that Cory. He has shown that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30477]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know if there's a more improved player in our section this year that Cory. He has shown that he can dribble, pass and shoot, which is everything you need to do to become a strong offensive player.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whither art thou rushing to destruction? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whither art thou rushing to destruction?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26338]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robust grass endures mighty winds; loyal ministers emerge through ordeal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Robust grass endures mighty winds; loyal ministers emerge through ordeal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know if it's hatred. I know it's a sickness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38912]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know if it's hatred. I know it's a sickness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst thing is when the press call me a dizzy blonde - I got a B in Drama, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36404]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst thing is when the press call me a dizzy blonde - I got a B in Drama, a D in English, I did a hairdressing course and a beauty certificate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22993]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65164]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49389]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25935]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings. . -Buddha.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas the saying of an ancient sage that humour was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour. For ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54212]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas the saying of an ancient sage that humour was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour. For a subject which would not bear raillery was suspicious; and a jest which would not bear a serious examination was certainly false wit.   - Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And then he danced;--all foreigners excel The serious Angles in the eloquence  Of pantomime;--he danced, I say right well, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11025]]></link><description><![CDATA[And then he danced;--all foreigners excel The serious Angles in the eloquence  Of pantomime;--he danced, I say right well,   With emphasis, and also with good sense--    A thing in footing indispensable:     He danced without theatrical pretence,      Not like a ballet-master in the van       Of his drill'd nymphs, but like a gentleman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But truer stars did govern Proteus' birth; His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles,  His love sincere, his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16638]]></link><description><![CDATA[But truer stars did govern Proteus' birth; His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles,  His love sincere, his thoughts immaculate,   His tears pure messengers sent from his heart,    His heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stillborn silence! thou that art Flood-gate of the deeper heart! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stillborn silence! thou that art Flood-gate of the deeper heart!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64767]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42221]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make yourself look stupid on occasion, because if you don't people will start to think you're smart. Then they'll start ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make yourself look stupid on occasion, because if you don't people will start to think you're smart. Then they'll start to expect things from you, and it all goes downhill from there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is just better in California - the wine, the food, fruits and vegetables, the comforts of living. Even the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is just better in California - the wine, the food, fruits and vegetables, the comforts of living. Even the instrumentalists are generous and curious. Everything is wonderful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appeared, And ages ere the Mantuan Swan was heard;  To carry nature lengths unknown ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appeared, And ages ere the Mantuan Swan was heard;  To carry nature lengths unknown before,   To give a Milton birth, asked ages more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5820]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words are but empty thanks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words are but empty thanks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62050</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[Don't trust anyone over 30 who used to say "Don't trust anyone over 30.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't trust anyone over 30 who used to say "Don't trust anyone over 30.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1420</guid></item></channel></rss>